Since 2002, The Recording Academy charities has held year-round VIP experience and memorabilia auctions to support their charities, GRAMMY Museum^® and MusiCares^®. Top artists from every decade and category are represented and draw bidders from around the world. The charities depend upon Matchfire to handle these valuable items with extreme care from the time they are picked up from GRAMMY Headquarters in Los Angeles to the time they reach their new owner. To date, total proceeds for the charities are over $5 million.