YORK, PENN. — Back for its first auction since the beginning of August, Hake’s Auctions conducted Auction #242 on November 20-21. Boasting more than 2,000 lots over the two days, the firm offered a true mixed bag of Americana, sports memorabilia, comics and a plethora of pop culture and entertainment industry items. Rocking it out of the park on day two of the auction was a guitar used and smashed by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain during a show at Evergreen State College on January 18, 1991, in Olympia, Wash., which earned $157,773 with premium. The bold, red guitar — which was a left-handed Memphis Stratocaster replica produced in Japan at the Matsumoku factory — was, according to the auction catalog, “a sacrificial lamb used by Cobain for the gig’s conclusion; the live debut of ‘Endless Nameless,’ the now infamous song that would be the hidden final track on the band’s second album, Nevermind.” The auction catalog also mentions that Chris Brady, bassist of the band Pond, was the lucky audience member able to leave with the guitar after the performance; he then gave it to fellow Nirvana fan Janel Jarosz, the owner of Ooze Records, who kept the guitar until its consignment. Additional highlights from this sale will be featured in an upcoming issue.