Jahn Teigen collected absolutely everything. Now some of this can be yours.

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Last spring, Sara Teigen cleaned out three large houses, attics and sheds at Klockargården in Scania in Sweden. Her late father, Jahn Teigen, had collected absolutely everything throughout his 70-year life.

During the cleanup, she realized that many of these things could be of greater value to others than herself. Now Teigen fans can secure a memory.

– I have saved on what are personal memories between dad and me, and I have donated music and papers to the National Library. Even after that, there were so many amazing things left. These are the ones I want everyone to have an opportunity to buy, says Sara Teigen.

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She calls it his memories of others.

– I could probably sell this differently. But Dad looked at his fans as a family, so this is a way to manage his legacy. His many eager followers have also been important to me in my grief over the past year, says Teigen.

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A separate digital catalog

300 items from the entertainer’s life and work were put up for sale through the auction on Saturday From Jahn Teigen’s collections at Grev Wedels Plass Auctions in Oslo. The auction is open for just over three weeks until the one-year anniversary of Teigen’s death, Wednesday 24 February.

The collection includes quantities of instruments, costumes, gold plates, posters, photographs, furniture and other personal belongings. Jahn Teigen’s five meter long vinyl collection is also for sale.

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The daughter Sara Teigen has designed a physical display of the objects in the premises at the auction house. It has become a kind of “Teigen exhibition” over 200 square meters. The plan was to let fans in, but infection control considerations mean that this is not possible now. If the obstacles ease in the coming weeks, the display will be open to the public.

The collection is filmed anyway, and the objects can be seen in a digital catalog. There, some of Teigen’s old friends, daughter and ex-wife Anita Skorgan will also tell stories about some of the things.

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Is deliberately priced low

Count Wedels Plass Auctions quickly answered yes when the request from Sara Teigen came last year.

– We usually sell art of the highest quality, and Jahn Teigen created just that: Things of the highest quality. He was in a special position as an artist and comedian, a pioneer. Teigen embraced widely with his own type, healthy madness, says auctioneer Hans Richard Elgheim.

– Another reason why we do this is that such celebrity auctions are a known phenomenon abroad, but little held in this country. This is a new and exciting field for us, says Elgheim.

He expects great demand from Teigen fans, even though no one is allowed to visit physically now. The items are deliberately priced low to be accessible “to everyone”.

– A year ago, we saw how many people were affected by his death. Being able to secure things that Jahn Teigen himself has now, I think seems exciting to many, says Hans Richard Elgheim.

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Collected music history

Sara Teigen manages the rights after her father as owner and daily and artistic director of the company Teigen Total. A key part of his collection that is not sold at this auction has thus been donated to the National Library.

They have received 56 boxes with everything from recordings, music, paper notes and scrapbooks. A large collection of music, humor and TV history.

– They were very happy. By giving it there, I am assured that this will be archived and stored for the future. This was important to Dad as well. Eventually, this will be open to anyone who wants to see and research the material, says Sara Teigen.

• The catalog for the auction From Jahn Teigen’s collections can be seen her.