An auction of Avicii’s personal items and music gear has raised over $700,000 USD for the mental health charity set up by his family.
The auction took place on 1 October, and saw 267 items that belonged to the artist go under the hammer. All proceeds have been donated to The Tim Bergling Foundation, which was set up under his real name by his parents after he tragically died by suicide in 2018.
7,732,805 SEK was raised from the auction in total, which equates to approximately $695,952 USD (based on current conversion rates), and bids were placed from over 40 countries, as reported by EDM.com.
The highest selling items were Avicii’s Martin Custom X Series acoustic guitar, which sold for 280,000 SEK ($25,500) and his 2015 Fender Telecaster, which sold for 240,000 SEK ($22,000).
A personal DJ setup consisting of two Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus DJ Multi-Players and a Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer in their original black cases also found a new home, and sold for over $11,000. A pair of Sennheiser headphones also sold for 80,000 SEK ($7,000).
“We are very happy with the outcome of yesterday’s charity auction, and the funds these items have generated will help us in our continued work for young people’s mental health and well-being,” comments Stefan Rudels, acting director of The Tim Bergling Foundation.
Cecilia Gave, CEO of Stockholms Auktionsverk, adds: “It feels fantastic to convey this significant amount to The Tim Bergling Foundation. With this auction, we once again confirm that Stockholms Auktionsverk is the given choice when it comes to selling unique collections. We are very pleased to see how The Avicii Collection has also appealed to a younger audience. Many here in the hall have placed their very first auction bids today, and it feels very honourable for us to be a part of that.”
Among his music gear, a number of clothing items and other gadgets were sold. All final sale prices and items can now be viewed online.
