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Microphones used by K-pop band BTS during Love Yourself tour fetch US$83,200 at charity auction
- The amount was more than eight times the expected starting price, the auction house said
- Proceeds from the auction of the seven microphones, which were used from 2017 to 2019 on BTS’ Love Yourself tour, will go to charity
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Seven microphones used on tour by South Korean pop band BTS have sold for US$83,200 at a pre-Grammy Awards auction for charity, more than eight times the expected starting price, Julien’s Auctions said on Friday.
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The autographed microphones were the first items to be sold at auction from BTS, Julien’s said.
The auction house had previously estimated that the set would sell for between US$10,000 and US$20,000.
BTS, a seven-member superstar boy band with a message of self-confidence, has spearheaded a wave of Korean pop music beyond Asia and into the United States just six years after its 2013 debut.
In 2019, BTS became the first group since the Beatles to score three No. 1 albums in a year on the Billboard 200 charts.
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