This July 27, 2020 Guitar World magazine article covers one of Kurt's used Orange 0.60mm Dunlop Tortex guitar picks that sold on Sat. August 1, 2020 for $1,854 with a starting price of only $400:

You can now buy a Kurt Cobain-used Tortex pick - for $400

The 60mm Dunlop plec has been authenticated by Nirvana tech Earnie Bailey

There has been an awful lot of Kurt Cobain gear going up for sale lately. Last month alone, the Nirvana frontman's battered Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal sold for $9,000, while his MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E set a new record for a guitar sold at auction, reeling in a whopping $6m.

But now there’s a piece of Cobain gear you might just be able to afford… although it’s not quite as unique.

Up for sale at Gotta Have Rock and Roll is a Kurt Cobain stage-used Dunlop Tortex .60mm guitar pick, estimated to sell for $500-$700, with bids starting at $400.

And while you might claim to have an identical pick in your pocket right this very second, this particular plectrum comes from the collection of Cobain guitar tech Jim Vincent.

According to the listing, the pick is in “very good condition”, and comes with a letter of provenance and a Certificate of Authenticity.

To bid, head over to Gotta Have Rock and Roll.

The same memorabilia site is also playing host to auctions of Prince’s custom “Goldfinger” gold-leaf prototype Fender Stratocaster (est. $2m-$3m) and Elvis’s iconic “Sun Sessions” Martin D-18 (est. $2m-$3m).

As well, in this image, we can see multiple Orange 0.60mm Tortex picks on Cobain's microphone stand.

And at Nirvana's November 19, 1991 preformance at Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy, during the first verse of "Come As You Are" at 31:09 you can see Kurt holding an Orange Tortex pick.

In this image Dave can be seen with tortex 60.mm on his microphone stand

In this photo of John Frusciante singing into the mic, his Dunlop Tortex 0.60mm guitar pick can be seen in the microphone stand pick holder. This is a shot from the recorded Red Hot Chili Peppers performance Live at Slane Castle (recorded August 23, 2003 at Slane Castle grounds).

The 5th track into this performance has Frusciante performing a solo cover of the song "Maybe" by The Chantels. As he is singing, the camera slowly zooms into his side, and the picks wedged in the mic stand pick holder come into view (around 1:15 into the song). Judging by their distinctive color and layout of the graphics on the pick, they can be identified as the .60mm versions of the Dunlop Tortex. He has several of these wedged in the holder, meaning he uses them throughout the performance.

The DVD of the entire Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle performance can be found on Amazon.

In this photo from 2023 on John's newest solo tour the color of an orange pick can be seen. By the text and shape it appears to be a .60mm tortex pick

This article (originally sourced from Bass Player, but seemingly no longer in existence online) states that when Flea needs a pick to play a song such as Parallel Universe, he uses Dunlop Tortex .60mm.

around 11:03, a bag of Tortex guitar picks can be seen on the Korg Microsampler.

You can see 18 orange picks on Dave's mic stand.

During this 1996 audio interview, a stillshot of Corgan is shown, and on his mic stand we can see what appears to be four orange Dunlop Tortex .60s.

Thomas DeLonge uses Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.60mm Guitar Picks, as seen in a user-uploaded photo from a Blink-182 live performance on Tripod.

"Tortex .60s picks. Again, that's what he's always used. I think John [Frusciante] used the same thing," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

He didn’t use a 0.50mm pick because as seen on the image, it shows a bunch of orange 0.60mm Dunlop picks displayed on top of the Fender amp.

"I've been using lighter picks for the last few years. They sound better overall and the pick-scratches are way better. My favourites are the orange .60mm Tortex brand. I love the tone and the feel."