Friends memorabilia, artwork and other valuables from the estate of Matthew Perry are being put up for sale at an auction to benefit the charitable foundation established in the actor’s name soon after his 2023 death.
The Jun 5 event put on by Heritage Auctions will benefit the Matthew Perry Foundation, which works to destigmatise 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.”
Items from Matthew Perry’s collection that will be sold include:
- 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 that Perry owned.
ABOUT THE MATTHEW PERRY AUCTION
The auction site opened on Tuesday (May 5). Items will be on display from May 18 to May 29 in Beverly Hills before the Jun 5 auction that will be held at Heritage Auctions’ Dallas showroom and online.
Net proceeds will go to initiatives supported by the foundation. They include the Matthew Perry Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, grants to organisations that work directly with recovering addicts and Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused sober music festival.
Perry played Chandler Bing for a decade from 1994 to 2004 on NBC’s culture-changing sitcom Friends. It made him one of the biggest television stars of his generation.
Perry was found dead in the hot tub of his Hollywood home at age 54 on Oct 28, 2023. The medical examiner determined that the acute effects of the anaesthetic ketamine were the primary cause.
Five people 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.
Source: AP
-- Agencies
