Coldplay are auctioning off various items from their music career on eBay for charity.

The sale, dubbed the 'Coldplay End of Decade Clearout', will begin on eBay this Thursday (December 17) with all proceeds going to the charity Kids Company.

The band posted a video on their website announcing the sale over the weekend.

The items include guitars, their trademark globe, keyboards, amps, posters, platinum discs and “all sorts of nostalgia”, the band said.

They wrote on their website: "All items will either be signed by the four of us, or accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, again signed by all of us."

More information will be published on Coldplay's website ahead of the sale.

(by Scott Colothan)