HALMSTAD - The Halmstad museum auctioned off several items from the last summer's Gyllene Tider exhibition on Thursday. On sale were items that were either made by the museum or were acquired for the exhibition.

  Hallands Auktionsverk, the auction house, was quite crowded but there weren't that many Gyllene Tider fans. Only 12-15 people had come only to attend the Gyllene Tider auction. However, the auctioneer seemed to be really happy that so many young people had come to the auction.

  Auctioned items included Gyllene Tider photos as well as five sculpted hands holding items "supposedly" discovered in an archelogical dig, including Per's pen, Micke Syd's drum stick and MP's guitar pick. One of the most expensive items was a GT flag that reached 600 SEK (67 Euros) and Per Gessle's autograph on a big yellow blanket that reached 1,000 SEK (112 Euros). Other members' signatures were between 200-300 SEK (22-33 Euros). They also had three records for sale: two copies of the yellow "Billy" ep and one Peter Pop and the Helicopters single.

  According to Hallandsposten, the auction raised 35,000 SEK (about 3,900 Euros). The proceeds will go to the training of the museum staff.

• Hallandsposten article (in Swedish)
• Pictures from the exhibition