The late Avicii’s personal effects will be auctioned off for charity six years after his tragic death.
On Monday, August 19, Stockholms Auktionsverk announced that the Swedish DJ and producer’s belongings will be auctioned in person and online to support his eponymous charity. All items were donated by his family.
The performer, born Tim Bergling, has released a total of three studio albums during his career and embarked on three major tours. He retired from touring two years before his death at the age of 28, citing health reasons. His hit single “Wake Me Up” from his 2013 album True peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 54 weeks on the chart.
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The auction is called The Avicii Collection and will feature 267 items, from shoes and clothing to musical instruments to memorabilia from his career. “Forever missed by family, friends, colleagues and millions of fans around the world,” the press release said, also noting that the auction house will receive no commission on the sale as proceeds will benefit the Tim Bergling Foundation.
The live auction will take place on October 1st at 3pm local time at the historic Nybrogatan 32 auction house in Stockholm, as well as online. The items from the auction will be revealed on September 6, and the domestic public will be able to view them from September 24 to 20.
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“We are incredibly proud to present this auction. Tim Bergling has touched countless people around the world and continues to do so, both through his music and through the foundation his family has established in his name,” Stockholms Auktionsverk CEO Cecilia Gave said in a statement. came PEOPLE. “It’s a real honor to support the Tim Bergling Foundation to help even more young people.”
According to Rolling StoneThe Tim Bergling Foundation was launched posthumously in 2019. The organization intends to continue Avicii’s passionate philanthropic work – which has included fundraising for charities House of Hunger, Feed for America and RED. The charity “advocates for suicide to be recognized as a global health crisis and actively works to remove the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health issues,” according to its website.
The auction house announced the upcoming event on Instagram with a quote attributed to the DJ that read: “I discovered when I started making money that I didn’t really need it. When you have so much excess money you don’t need it, the most reasonable, humane and completely obvious give to people in need.”
The post included another quote from Gave, in which she called the auction “unique and special” and said the auction house was “honored to be able to support such an influential cause.”
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After Avicii’s death, his family released a statement stating that the star had died by suicide.
The musician’s family called him “a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers to existential questions” and “an excessive perfectionist who traveled and worked hard at a pace that led to extreme stress.”
The statement continued: “When he stopped touring, he wanted to find a balance in his life so he could be happy and do what he loved most — music. He really struggled with thoughts about meaning, life, happiness. He couldn’t do it anymore. He wanted to find peace.”
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Line by dialing 988, texting “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Line at 741741 or going to 988lifeline.org.
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