Items that belonged to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry will be sold at am auction to benefit the the charitable foundation bearing his name.
The items, which include “Friends” memorabilia and artwork, will be up for auction June 5 by Heritage Auctions. Proceeds will benefit the Matthew Perry Foundation.
The foundation works to destigmatize addiction and aid in recovery from substance abuse.
“Matthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” the foundation’s CEO Lisa Kasteler Calio said in a statement. “This auction fuels the Foundation’s work to expand access to evidence-based care and confront stigma. It is one more way we ensure that no one has to fight this disease alone.”
Among those items to be sold are:
— A collection of 26 of Perry’s “Friends” scripts from key episodes, including “The One With Ross’s Tan,” “The One Where Joey Speaks French” and the two-part series finale.
— Scripts from the pilot and part one of the series finale signed by Perry and co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, donated by Warner Bros., which produced the series.
— A 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award, which Perry won for best performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.
— Perry’s personal replica of the yellow peephole frame from Monica and Rachel’s apartment on “Friends.”
— Perry’s “Friends” photo album, titled “The One With the Last Supper.”
— Works of art by Banksy and Mel Bochner Perry owned.
The auction site opened Tuesday and Items will be on display from May 18 to May 29 in Beverly Hills before the June auction that will be held at Heritage Auctions’ Dallas showroom and online.
Among the initiatives supported by the foundation include the Matthew Perry Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, grants to organizations that work directly with recovering addicts, and Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused sober music festival.
Perry played Chandler Bing from 1994 to 2004 on “Friends.”
Perry, 54, was found dead in the hot tub of his Hollywood home on Oct. 28, 2023.
The medical examiner determined the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine were the primary cause of death.
Five have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the investigation of his death, including two doctors and an admitted drug dealer.
His personal assistant and a friend who acted as a middleman are still to be sentenced later this month.
