Personal items from the estate of late “Friends” star Matthew Perry are headed to auction next month in partnership with his non-profit foundation, which goals to scale back the stigma around addiction.
Among the many “Friends”-related items up for purchase are a set of 26 scripts for episodes including “The One With Ross’s Tan,” “The One Where Joey Speaks French” and the two-part series finale, “The Last One”; two other scripts signed by Perry, and his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer which were donated by Warner Bros.; a photograph album titled “The One With the Last Supper,” with a letter from “Jenny” within the back; and Perry’s replica of the yellow peephole frame from Monica’s apartment.
Starting June 5, the charity auction will donate its net proceeds to “advance Matthew’s most meaningful legacy: constructing a future free from addiction stigma, where one and all in search of recovery has access to the care, resources and the community they should thrive,” based on a press release from Heritage Auctions.
Additional beneficiaries include the Matthew Perry Foundation Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital; Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused sober music festival; and grassroots recovery grants for other frontline organizations.
Perry battled addictions for much of his life and died on Oct. 28, 2023, from the consequences of ketamine use.
Perry’s 1995 SAG Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a television comedy series and a private collection of artwork from artists equivalent to Banksy and Mel Bochner are also up for auction.
Proxy bidding for the Matthew Perry Estate Auction opened Tuesday, allowing interested parties to put bids before the live auction begins. Items will be previewed in person at Heritage Auctions’ Beverly Hills showroom from May 18-29 before the auction takes place online and in person in Dallas on June 5.
“Matthew believed addiction must be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” said Lisa Kasteler Calio, CEO of the Matthew Perry Foundation. “This auction fuels the inspiration’s work to expand access to evidence-based care and confront stigma. It’s yet another way we be certain that nobody has to fight this disease alone.”