00:00In Beverly Hills, United States, preparations are on the way to auction of the guitar belonging to the rock band Nirvana and the drum set belonging to the Beatles.
00:11The instruments belonging to the bands that redefined the history of the genre will be part of a mega-auction schedule for next month.
00:19The guitar was used by Kurt Cobain in the recording and live performances of the grunge anthem Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the drum set from the English band was used on their first tour, the iconic 1964 North American tour.
00:35Experts and collectors say the auction could bring together big names in music, and the instruments could fetch prizes between $1 million and $4.7 million.
00:49But really in this room we are seeing the best of the best of Jim Arce's music collection.
00:58Of the instruments and artefacts he collected which were connected to musicians and performers which were really close to his heart.
01:06He was a passionate music lover, a player of guitar as well.
01:10But really somebody who wanted to curate and share a collection of the most important instruments of the 20th century with the world.
01:21I mean I'm standing in front of a group of Beatles instruments and actually I think it's fair to say that this collection of Beatles instruments,
01:29some of which aren't here as well because we couldn't bring them to Los Angeles,
01:34is the most important assembled Beatles collection for somebody who...
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