Well speaking of legendary musicians, Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar has sold to an Aussie microphone manufacturer for a guitar purchase record of US$6M.
www.guitarworld.com/news/kurt-cobains-mtv-unplugged-martin-d-18e-sells-for-record-breaking-dollar6mSpot the difference
Here's the guitar from the auction house catalogue.
Here's Kurt
It's sold as original, as was.
"The D-18E was the seventh of only 302 models build by Martin, and was modded by Cobain, who fitted a Bartolini pickup to the soundhole.It came with the original hardshell case, to which Cobain added a flyer from Poison Idea's 1990 album Feel the Darkness.The case's storage compartment contained a half-used pack of Martin strings, three guitar picks and a suede "stash" bag decorated with a miniature silver spoon, fork and knife."
Was he sold a pup?