NFL Owner Places $2 Million Bid On Kurt Cobain ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Guitar

The only difference between men and boys are the size of their shoes and the price of their toys.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is preparing to spend millions on a Fender guitar Kurt Cobain played in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video, but not just because it’s a cool piece of memorabilia to own.

Via PFT:

“The item in question is a Fender guitar Kurt Cobain played in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video. And Irsay opened the bidding at $2 million because Cobain’s heirs have pledged that a portion of the proceeds will go to Kicking The Stigma, an Irsay family initiative for mental health.

“This guitar is big, and it relates so much to stigma,” Irsay said, via the Indianapolis Star. “When you have a mental illness, people die. These are fatal diseases — bipolar, schizophrenia, post-partem depression, alcoholic addictions. With fatal diseases, people die and they don’t choose to die. Those of us who are alive, we’re not stronger or better. We didn’t get our act together more. We didn’t have more character. That’s where it’s so false.”

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Jim Irsay makes $2 million bid on Kurt Cobain guitar. https://t.co/liD8ZZNIwr

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) May 10, 2022

Irsay posted a video of him making his opening bid:

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Kurt Cobain’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” guitar is going up for auction this Month!  Kurt’s family will donate a portion of the proceeds to Kicking The Stigma.  Proud to make the first official bid at $2 million!  Bring on all bidders! pic.twitter.com/C25H0skGG6

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) May 9, 2022

A portion of the proceeds will go to a mental health cause that he cares deeply about.

These NFL owners have more money than they know what to do with.

Best of luck to Irsay on the guitar.

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