Kurt Cobain's 'MTV Unplugged' Sock could sell for $ 2 million

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Kurt Cobain's 'MTV Unplugged' sock could hit $ 2 million

The sock Kurt Cobain wore during his 1993 performance "MTV Unplugged" is expected to sell at auction next month for at least $ 2 million.

The sock is listed with a number of other items that were once owned by the leader of Nirvana, who died of suicide in 1994, approximately five months after the New York show.

"This important sock has earned its rightful place in Rock 'N' Roll history as the apparel worn by one of rock's most influential musicians and icons in one of the best and most memorable live performances of all. times, "said Darren Julien, president. Julien's Auctions, in a press release. The auction house is organizing the sale in Beverly Hills, Hollywood.

The sock was owned by Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, who allegedly abandoned her during a divorce from her ex-husband, musician Isaiah Silva.

Even without the fame of its former owner, the sock is one of the only ones made by the company, which has been making socks for some of the best musicians in the world since 1991.

Cobain personalized the sock, adding a foot odor, according to a Julien's Auctions statement. He also decorated the sock included in the lot, with a flyer from the 1990 Poison Idea album "Feel the Darkness".

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