Time might have claimed Avicii, however an unprecedented public sale organized by his household goals to rework his private belongings into catalysts for change.
Followers of Avicii, whose actual identify was Tim Bergling, will quickly be capable of place bids to personal a tangible reminiscence of the legendary DJ, who in 2018 tragically died by suicide on the age of 28. 267 of his private objects are set to hit the public sale block on October 1st and all proceeds will profit the Tim Bergling Basis, a philanthropic group launched within the wake of his loss of life to offer help for younger folks experiencing psychological well being points.
Offered by Stockholms Auktionsverk, the gathering contains sneakers, garments and musical devices owned by Bergling. The corporate, which claims to be the world’s oldest public sale home, has joined forces with EDM.com to offer our readers with an unique first look.
“The family has long considered how to best handle these items and decided that a charity auction for The Tim Bergling Foundation was the best option rather than keeping them in storage,” says Stockholms Auktionsverk specialist Malin Sveholm, who’s overseeing the public sale. “Holding an auction for the Tim Bergling Foundation—whose goal is to support the mental wellbeing of young people—is transforming them into financial resources to help others.”
Lot #10 encompasses a black Miami Marlins New Period cap, dimension 7 3/8. Bergling wore the hat throughout a efficiency in San Francisco in February 2016.
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Stockholms Auktionsverk
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Lot #14 encompasses a pair of blue Givenchy high-top sneakers with white soles and complicated patterns of white flowers. The scale is just not specified.
Bergling wore the sneakers for a press shoot in Might 2016, lower than two years earlier than his loss of life. He additionally wore them to Burning Man that 12 months and they’re nonetheless “covered in sand” from Black Rock Metropolis.
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Lot #79 comprises a treasure trove for Avicii’s fellow artists: a private DJ setup utilized by Bergling.
The lot contains two Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus DJ Multi-Gamers and a Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer of their authentic black circumstances. An digital music collector’s dream, it is a tangible connection to the timeless beats that proceed to maneuver tens of millions.
“Tim Bergling himself was not a collector in the sense that he collected things to accumulate an estate,” says Tom Österman, Senior Shopper Govt oat Stockholms Auktionsverk. “We have learned that he did not attach much value to material possessions, instead his view of money was that the more you have, the more reason you have to share it—to make the world a better place.”
The dwell public sale will happen at Nybrogatan 32 in Stockholm and on-line Tuesday, October 1st at 3pm CEST (9am ET, 6am PT). Stockholms Auktionsverk is publishing a digital catalog on September sixth.
You could find out extra by way of the public sale’s official web site and examine bid right here.
