Time could have claimed Avicii, however an unprecedented public sale organized by his household goals to remodel his private belongings into catalysts for change.
Followers of Avicii, whose actual title was Tim Bergling, will quickly be capable to 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 dying to offer help for younger folks experiencing psychological well being points.
Introduced 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 household has lengthy thought-about how one can greatest deal with these things and determined {that a} charity public sale for The Tim Bergling Basis was the best choice reasonably than protecting them in storage,” says Stockholms Auktionsverk specialist Malin Sveholm, who’s overseeing the public sale. “Holding an public sale for the Tim Bergling Basis—whose objective is to help the psychological wellbeing of younger folks—is remodeling them into monetary sources to assist others.”
Lot #10 includes a black Miami Marlins New Period cap, measurement 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 includes a pair of blue Givenchy high-top sneakers with white soles and complicated patterns of white flowers. The scale isn’t specified.
Bergling wore the sneakers for a press shoot in Could 2016, lower than two years earlier than his dying. He additionally wore them to Burning Man that 12 months and they’re nonetheless “lined in sand” from Black Rock Metropolis.
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Lot #79 accommodates a treasure trove for Avicii’s fellow artists: a private DJ setup utilized by Bergling.
The lot includes two Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus DJ Multi-Gamers and a Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer of their unique black circumstances. An digital music collector’s dream, it is a tangible connection to the timeless beats that proceed to maneuver hundreds of thousands.
“Tim Bergling himself was not a collector within the sense that he collected issues to build up an property,” says Tom Österman, Senior Shopper Govt oat Stockholms Auktionsverk. “We’ve got realized that he didn’t connect a lot worth to materials possessions, as a substitute his view of cash was that the extra you’ve gotten, the extra purpose it’s a must to share it—to make the world a greater place.”
The stay 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 will discover out extra by way of the public sale’s official website and examine how one can bid here.
