Avicii’s music gear fetches $700,000 at auction for mental health charity
The auction included his Martin Custom X Series acoustic guitar, as well as personal belongings.
Avicii’s personal items and music gear went under the hammer earlier this month raising money for a mental health charity launched by his parents, The Tim Bergling Foundation.
The auction, which took place on October 1 in Avicii’s native Stockholm by Swedish auctioneers Stockholms Auktionsverk, fetched a huge 7,732,805 SEK (around $700,000 USD), according to EDM.com.
The collection included 267 items including his Martin Custom X Series acoustic guitar – which sold for over $25,000 alone – and was bid on by people from over 40 countries around the world.
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All items in the collection were donated by his family, with all proceeds going to a mental health charity supporting the mental wellbeing of young people, set up following the producer’s tragic death in 2018.
“The selected items range from guitars, keyboards, drum kits, and other studio accessories to personal items such as clothing, sneakers, and hats,” read the auction’s description.
Also included in the collection was a contact sheet with press shots taken by US photographer Mark Seliger for the release of Avicii’s 2013 album ‘True’.
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The collection also featured a DW drum kit and a Telefunken microphone, as well as his 2015 Fender Telecaster guitar, fetching around $22,000. Other music gear, including a Roland TB-303 and a personal DJ setup including Pioneer CDJs and mixers, were also sold.
Speaking on the auction, CEO of Stockholms Auktionsverk Cecilia Gave explained: “It feels fantastic to convey this significant amount to The Tim Bergling Foundation.”
“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.”
Find out more about the collection here, and donate to The Tim Bergling Foundation.
Gemma Ross is Mixmag's Assistant Editor, follow her on Twitter.
