Original mirror ball (large)
The larger of the club's two original mirror balls.
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Ministry of Sound 35th Anniversary Auction
A once in a lifetime piece of dancefloor history.
- Bidding opens
- Thursday 29 October
Ministry of Sound soundsystem
Ministry of Sound was built in 1991 around its soundsystem, not around a guest list. These six Martin Audio stacks ran the Box, the club's main room, from 2010 to 2025, winning Best Club Sound System at the International Dance Music Awards four years running. Retired in the club's 35th-anniversary refurbishment, they're offered together with six XTA amps.
- Configuration
- 6 complete Martin Audio stacks
- Each stack
- 2 × W8C Wavefront Series 3 · 2 × 18" bass bins · 2 × passive 21" subs
- W8C low-mid
- 12" horn · 300W AES, 1,200W peak
- W8C high-mid
- 6.5" horn · 150W AES, 600W peak
- W8C high
- 1" exit HF compression driver · 60W AES, 240W peak
- Output
- Approx. 25kW per stack
- In the Box
- 2010–2025, 103 Gaunt Street
- Sale
- Private sale, price on request
- Included
- 6 × XTA amplifiers
The soundsystem is not part of the auction. It is offered by private sale only, price on request. Enquiries are open now.
From the Ministry of Sound archive
IN THE auction
Fixtures, paperwork and awards from 35 years at Gaunt Street. Bidding opens Thursday 29 October.
Original mirror ball (small)
The smaller of the two original mirror balls.
Original dancefloor section
A piece of the Ministry of Sound dancefloor itself.
Architectural floor plans (3 plans)
Three plans of the Gaunt Street building, showing how the club was laid out and reworked over the years.
Houses of Parliament projection negatives
Negatives for the club's Houses of Parliament projection.
Classic flyer collection
Club flyers from the Ministry of Sound's own archive.
Original press negatives
Press negatives from the club's own archive.
Club photography on slide (approx. 70 slides)
Around seventy slides of club photography, offered as one lot.
Ministry magazine, 12-issue run
A complete twelve-issue annual run of Ministry magazine, offered as one lot.
Eric Prydz 'Call On Me' sales award
The sales award for one of the label's biggest records.
The Annual III platinum sales award
Platinum award for The Annual III compilation.
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103 Gaunt Street · Since 1991
One of the most iconic clubs in UK dance culture
Ministry of Sound opened in 1991 in a disused bus garage at Elephant & Castle, inspired by New York's Paradise Garage. From the start the idea was simple: the sound came first.
Over 35 years the club became a label, a compilation series and a name known around the world, but the main room at Gaunt Street is where it all started.
The sound came first. Everything else was built around it.
Ministry of Sound
Bidding opens Thursday 29 October
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