Kurt Cobain smashed this white Fender Stratocaster again in 1992 … and, now it is smashing data — bringing in a whopping sum at public sale!

Dylan Kosinski — president of well-liked music public sale website Gottahaverockandroll — tells TMZ … Kurt’s smashed guitar offered for $101,500 to a Texas collector when the public sale closed yesterday.

The piece of music memorabilia sparked a bidding conflict on the positioning … with 5 folks making a complete of 11 bids earlier than a winner was in the end topped.

The minimal bid was $30K … so, the guitar introduced in an entire heck of much more cash than initially thought.

As we instructed you … this guitar was smashed throughout Nirvana’s tour of Europe method again in ’92 — although it was restored to working order whereas the group was nonetheless on tour there.

The guitar was obtained by a crewmember who labored for Nirvana from 1991 to 1993 … and, it was later authenticated by Large John Duncan — a well-known guitar tech recognized for his affiliation with the band.

Whereas this is not probably the most a Cobain guitar has ever gone for — one among his axes that he used within the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” offered for $4.5 million.