Unseen Nirvana footage from 1990 gig – where Kurt Cobain smashed two guitars – surfaces at auction
A rare piece of Nirvana history has hit the auction block. Previously unseen footage of the band’s February 1990 gig at Iguanas in Tijuana, Mexico is going under the hammer – and it’s expected to fetch up to $150,000.
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The video, which runs just over 45 minutes, captures the grunge icons in their early Bleach era. The night also saw legendary frontman Kurt Cobain smashing not one but two guitars: a DIY pink Mustang and a 1970s Gibson SG.
The footage was captured across two Sony Video 8 master cassette tapes, labelled “Original Master Camera-A” and “Camera B”, complete with scrawled tape stickers reading “Nirvana I” and “Nirvana II.” Bonhams, which is handling the sale, expects the lot to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000.
It’s not just the tapes that are included. The package also comes with digital transfers of the footage on two Sony mini DVs, a portable SSD drive loaded with the “complete, digitised raw footage from both cameras, the professionally edited version of the concert, the edited version of the concert with a security watermark, and some stills taken from the video files”, as well as a US Copyright Office Certificate of Registration for the filming and editing of the show.
Collectors will also find some choice extras, including an original Nirvana tour poster for their 15 February show at Raji’s nightclub in Los Angeles – just two nights before Tijuana – plus a Sub Pop first pressing of Bleach on white vinyl, limited to just 1,000 copies.
Thirteen songs made the setlist that night, all delivered with the feral energy that would soon make Nirvana world-famous.
The sale is part of Bonhams’ Unplugged & Unforgettable: Music Auction, which closes Thursday, 24 September, at 12pm PDT.
Learn more at Bonhams.
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