It’s roughly three times more valuable than the more common version with the playlist on the rear. Recently this Nevermind tee with the Australia tour dates on the back fetched close to $1500 USD, on two different occasions.
Vintage 1992 Nirvana Nevermind Australia Tour T-Shirt $1500 This lessor scene In Utero World Tour 93-94 tee boasts Kalamazoo as one of its stops. Vintage 1993 Nirvana In Utero World Tour $1587 It’s still fetching $2000+, not bad for an all-over print band tee especially since AOPs were considered mids throughout the 2000s. Then several other celebrities gave it a bump in the years that followed. Its value has been inflated since Justin Bieber made it famous in 2015. Vintage 1993 Nirvana Heart-Shaped Box AOP T-Shirt $2000 This fairly simply long sleeve olive thermal style t-shirt with embroidery fetched a decent chunk of change on eBay – it is was only produced in small quantities and given to the crew staff. Vintage Nirvana In Utero Long Sleeve Waffle Crew T-Shirt $3200 This longsleeved, double-sided, double arm-printed tee was reportedly acquired from a house owned by Ian Beveridge, the Monitor Engineer for Nirvana, Green Day, The Cure, and others. According to the listing it was “Only sold at 1 show at a London Gig in Astoria ,” and as to its provenance, “Belonged to the former manager of the band Mudhoney.” Vintage 1991 Nirvana Nevermind Riverman U.K. It caused a bidding frenzy on eBay and closed out at over $4k USD. Sure, this isn’t strictly a Nirvana tee given it’s for a festival and includes Mudhoney and Tad, but we think it still qualifies. Vintage 1989 Nirvana & Mudhoney Lamefest U.K. If you do, please get in touch with him.Īnother one of these tees (below) sold for $3600 on eBay and the seller described the shirt as being from an Aragon Ballroom show in Chicago in 1993.īTW, this is likely the most expensive mullet t-shirt in existence, given the front features a small chest print, and even a pocket. “Do you know anything about the character on this t-shirt?” he asked. We’ve been unable to confirm if it sold for $7k, but Hikki suspects it would bring in a similar price in today’s market, though he still isn’t certain on the origin of the figure featured on the shirt. It was put on sale by Stormcrow-Vintage, the same GOAT who sold the Led Zeppelin t-shirt for $10,000. Provenance-wise, one surfaced on eBay years ago compliments of a seller who said it came from Cobain’s bodyguard. It was meant to commemorate and celebrate the sold-out shows. This print was made exclusively for crew members on what ended up being Nirvana’s final tour. Vintage Nirvana Canadian Heart-Shaped Box $8500Ĭredit: Instagram/rannataraoaoa Hikki Vintage I was recently in touch with the auction house and confirmed with them that the sale transpired, so to our knowledge, this is the most expensive performer-worn, stage-worn t-shirt given it trumps the recent Pigpen shirt that fetched $21,420. The promoter of the show explained that Cobain had left the tee in his dressing room and he attempted to return it but Kurt had no interest in taking it back. The t-shirt was accompanied by a couple of letters that vouch for its unique provenance. This sold from a respected auction house back in 2014 and didn’t make as big of a news splash as it should have. Ok, so this is technically not a Nirvana t-shirt, but it was worn by Kurt Cobain on stage during a Nirvana performance at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994. Vintage 1994 Kurt Cobain Stage-Worn Sonic Youth T-Shirt $25,000 To figure this out we thoroughly scanned through historic eBay and auction house sales records as well as consulted with a Nirvana t-shirt expert. What are the Most Expensive Vintage Nirvana T-Shirts? Fast forward to 2021, a decade-plus later Nirvana tees continue to surge.
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