Kurt Cobain's Old, Dirty br Plate Sells for Over $22K A plate that br Cobain used to eat br pizza and then write br a setlist on has sold br for $22,400 through br Julien's Auctions. The auction house originally thought it br would only sell for up to $2,000. The piece of grunge memorabilia was from a br show in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 1990, br before Nirvana was famous. It is accompanied by br a letter of authenticity br from Johnny Riggs br of the band THUD, br who opened for br Nirvana that night. Via letter of authenticity The auction house br also sold Cobain's br green cardigan from br his last photoshoot br in 1993 for $75,000. The 25th anniversary br of Cobain's death was br on April 5 of this year. His former bandmates paid br tribute to him on Twitter.