Avicii’s Clothing, Instruments & Other Personal Items to Be Auctioned for Charity

An upcoming auction will sell personal items and memorabilia from late producer Avicii.

The live auction happens on Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. CEST, and will include shoes, clothing, musical instruments and other ephemera related to the artist’s career. Hosted by Auktionsverk, the auction’s revenue will go to the Tim Bergling Foundation, which was launched in the wake of producer’s 2018 suicide and focuses on mental health among young people. All items in the auction were donated by Bergling’s family.

An auction catalog will be published online on Sept. 6. A viewing of the items at Auktionsverk will be open to the public at from Sept. 24–30.

“We are incredibly proud to present this auction,” said Cecilia Gave, CEO of Stockholms Auktionsverk, in a press release. “Tim Bergling touched countless people worldwide and continues to do so both through his music and the foundation the family has established in his name. It is a true honor to support The Tim Bergling Foundation to help even more young people. We have 350 years of experience passing on the artifacts of some of history’s most prominent cultural figures and consider it a privilege.”

Founded in 1634, Auktionsverk claims to be the world’s oldest auction house. It specializes in contemporary and historic fine art, manuscripts, books, antiques and other artifacts and memorabilia.

The auction is coming in tandem with a forthcoming photobook, Avicii: The Life and Music of Tim Bergling, the U.S. publishing date for which will be announced soon. The book includes a foreword by Swedish journalist Måns Mosesson, the author of the 2022 Avicii biography Tim: The Official Biography Of Avicii. A new Avicii documentary, Avicii – I’m Tim, debuted at the Tribeca Festival in June.