Kurt Cobain's Hair

Kurt Cobain's Hair

• A guaranteed authentic lock of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s hair
• Housed in a heart-shaped box signed by Cobain
• Box and hair in good condition
• Current “Whole Item” Appraisal: $20,000

Hugely rare with strong provenance.

A hairdresser collected the hair after giving Cobain a trim in the early 1990s – at the peak of Nirvana’s fame. The hairdresser gifted the lock to her niece, who was a Nirvana fan, on her 18th birthday.

The niece placed the hair in the heart-shaped box (the title of one of Cobain’s songs) which she had previously acquired from a fellow fan.

Cobain had faintly signed the box “Kurdt” on the lid in pen during Nirvana’s 1993 “In Utero” tour for a female fan who followed the band from concert to concert.

“Kurdt” was a variation of Cobain’s name he frequently used to sign letters, drawings and autographs. (After it was originally misspelled as “Kurdt” in a 1988 magazine interview.)

He’s also referred to as “Kurdt Kobain” in the liner notes for the Nirvana albums Bleach and Nevermind.

This truly is a rare and intimate piece of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana history. We know of only one other (far smaller) lock of Cobain’s hair to have ever been offered for sale.

Nirvana were the defining band of the 1990s, rising from humble beginnings to super stardom between 1987 and 1994. Cobain’s death at 27 proved the tragic end to an immensely promising career.

As such, Cobain and Nirvana memorabilia is today hugely rare. Hugely desirable. And hugely valuable.