Kurt Cobain's Smashed Guitar Sells For More than $100K

Kurt Cobain smashed this white Fender Stratocaster back in 1992 ...

and, now it's smashing records -- bringing in a whopping sum at auction! Dylan Kosinski -- president of popular music auction site Gottahaverockandroll -- tells TMZ ...



Kurt’s smashed guitar sold for $101,500 to a Texas collector when the auction closed yesterday. The piece of music memorabilia sparked a bidding war on the site ..

. with five people making a total of 11 bids before a winner was ultimately crowned. The minimum bid was $30K .

.. so, the guitar brought in a whole heck of a lot more money than initially thought.

As we told you ...

this guitar was smashed during Nirvana's tour of Europe way back in '92 -- though it was restored to working order while the group was still on tour there. The guitar was obtained by a crewmember who worked for Nirvana from 1991 to 1993 ..

. and, it was later authenticated by Big John Duncan -- a famous guitar tech known for his association with the band. While this isn't the most a Cobain guitar has ever gone for -- one of his axes that he used in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sold for $4.

5 million . $100K ain't peanuts though ..

. certainly putting the seller into the "green spirit.".