{"id":652520,"date":"2026-05-06T04:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/652520\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:08:08","slug":"matthew-perrys-belongings-to-be-auctioned-as-friends-memorabilia-and-original-banksy-up-for-sale-matthew-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/652520\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry\u2019s belongings to be auctioned as Friends memorabilia and original Banksy up for sale | Matthew Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Signed Friends scripts, a custom Batman ping-pong table and a replica of the peephole on Monica and Rachel\u2019s apartment are among several valuables from the estate of Matthew Perry up for sale<\/a> at a charity auction.<\/p>\n

The auction, which will be held on 5 June by Heritage Auctions, will benefit the Matthew Perry<\/a> Foundation, which was set up after the actor\u2019s death to destigmatise addiction and aid in recovery from substance abuse.<\/p>\n

Perry struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for much of his life and was found dead in a hot tub at his Hollywood home<\/a> in 2023, aged 54. The medical examiner determined that the acute effects of the anaesthetic ketamine<\/a> were the primary cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,\u201d said the foundation\u2019s chief executive, Lisa Kasteler Calio. \u201cThis auction fuels the foundation\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Items in the auction include the script for the Friends pilot<\/a> \u2013 when the hugely influential sitcom had the working title Six of One \u2013 signed by Perry and his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. The script\u2019s starting price was $500 (A$700, \u00a3370) and was donated by Warner Bros, which produced the show.<\/p>\n

A Screen Actors Guild award belonging to Matthew Perry and a cast-autographed copy of the pilot script of Friends. Photograph: AP<\/p>\n

Also in the auction is a collection of 26 of Perry\u2019s Friends scripts<\/a> from key episodes, including The One With Ross\u2019s Tan, The One Where Joey Speaks French and the two-part series finale. The bundle has a starting price of $1,000.<\/p>\n

Perry\u2019s Screen Actors Guild award<\/a>, which he won for best performance by an ensemble in a comedy series in 1995, is available to buy, as is his personal replica of the yellow peephole frame<\/a> that hung on the door to Monica and Rachel\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

Works in Perry\u2019s art collection, including an original Banksy expected to sell for more than $800,000,<\/a> are also up for sale, as is his Batman watch<\/a>, a custom Batman ping-pong table<\/a> (missing the net) and framed handwritten lyrics by Australian rock group Little River Band<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The auction site opened Tuesday. The items will be on display in Beverly Hills from 18-29 May before the auction on 5 June, which will be held at Heritage Auctions\u2019 Dallas showroom and online.<\/p>\n

Net proceeds will go to initiatives supported by the Matthew Perry Foundation.<\/p>\n

Perry played Chandler Bing from 1994 to 2004 on NBC\u2019s sitcom Friends<\/a>, which made him one of the biggest television stars of his generation.<\/p>\n

The success of Friends, and the support of his castmates, helped him cope with his addiction, Perry wrote in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing<\/a>. \u201cThere was no way I could have been a journeyman actor. I wouldn\u2019t have stayed sober for that; it was not worth not doing heroin for that \u2026 When you\u2019re earning $1m a week, you can\u2019t afford to have the 17th drink,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Perry had taken ketamine legally to treat depression but began seeking it from multiple sources after his doctor refused to give him the drug in the amounts he wanted.<\/p>\n

Five people have pleaded guilty to charges relating to Perry\u2019s death. Three have been sentenced: two doctors, Salvador Plasencia<\/a> and Mark Chavez<\/a>; and \u201cKetamine Queen\u201d Jasveen Sangha, who last month was sentenced to 15-years in prison for her role in Perry\u2019s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actor\u2019s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected him with the drug before his death, and Erik Fleming, who bought the ketamine from Sangha and supplied it to Iwamasa for Perry, have also pleaded guilty. Both men await sentencing, Fleming in May and Iwamasa in June.<\/p>\n

In the US, call or text SAMHSA<\/a>\u2019s National Helpline at 988. In the UK, Taking Action on Addiction<\/a> provides links to different support services. In Australia, the National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline<\/a> is at 1800 250 015; families and friends can seek help at Family Drug Support Australia<\/a> at 1300 368 186<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Signed Friends scripts, a custom Batman ping-pong table and a replica of the peephole on Monica and Rachel\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-652520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}