Personal items from the estate of late Friends star Matthew Perry are heading to auction next month.
These include a collection of scripts (including ones signed by the Friends cast), an Emmy award with his name engraved, works of art by Banksy and Mel Bochner that Perry owned, and Perry’s replica of the yellow peephole frame from Monica’s apartment.
The auction, beginning on 5 June, will be done in partnership with the Matthew Perry Foundation, his non-profit foundation which aims to reduce the stigma around addiction and assist in recovery from substance abuse.
The charity auction will donate its net proceeds to “advance Matthew’s most meaningful legacy: building a future free from addiction stigma, where every person seeking recovery has access to the care, resources and the community they need to thrive,” according to a statement from Heritage Auctions.
Additional beneficiaries include the Matthew Perry Foundation Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused sober music festival.
“Matthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” said Lisa Kasteler Calio, CEO of the Matthew Perry Foundation. “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.”
Perry played Chandler Bing from 1994 to 2004 on the culture-changing sitcom, which made him one of the biggest television stars of his generation.
He was found dead in the hot tub of his Hollywood home at age 54 on 28 October 2023. The medical examiner determined that the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine were the primary cause.
Five people have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the investigation of his death. Jasveen Sangha, 42, was one of five people charged. Dubbed the "Ketamine Queen", she sold the drugs that killed Perry and was jailed for 15 years by a California court last month.
Perry’s personal assistant and a friend who acted as a middleman are still to be sentenced later this month.
