Matthew Perry memorabilia to be auctioned for charity
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A photo album given by actress Jennifer Aniston to fellow Friends cast members Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox, is displayed ahead of The Matthew Perry Estate Auction at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, on May 19, 2026.
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LOS ANGELES – From artwork by Banksy to scripts from the smash TV series Friends, dozens of Matthew Perry’s personal belongings are up for auction in the United States.
Perry, who played the neurotic and sarcastic Chandler Bing, died in 2023 at the age of 54 after decades of battling addictions.
Now, the executors of his estate have put some 130 lots up for auction, including his favorite watch and childhood mementos, to raise money for the Matthew Perry Foundation, an organisation dedicated to helping people with addiction.
A May 1995 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, with a photo illustration of the TV show Friends cast members, is displayed ahead of The Matthew Perry Estate Auction at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, on May 19, 2026.
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“It’s a combination of all kinds of things from the actor’s lifetime,” said Ms Roberta Kramer, of Heritage Auctions, who are handling the sale.
“Things relating to his work on Friends and other television shows and films, but a lot of very personal things too, from all the way from childhood to adulthood.”
Items include Perry’s treasured Memorigin watch with a Batman emblem, as well as artwork he collected during his lifetime, including Girl with Balloon and Nola, by street artist Banksy, which are expected to fetch around US$1 million (S$1.28 million).
There are also a number of scripts from the decade of Friends, a series about six young people navigating adulthood, relationships and careers in New York that made Perry and his co-stars multi-millionaires and household names.
The first and last episodes scripts, autographed by cast members of the TV show Friends, are displayed ahead of The Matthew Perry Estate Auction at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, on May 19, 2026.
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Ms Kramer said Perry started the foundation with the aim of using his “celebrity and his experience in life with substance abuse to help other people”.
“We know that he would be happy that all of his things went to help the mission of the foundation.”
An art piece named Mattman showing a depiction of late actor Matthew Perry, who was an avid Batman fan, is displayed ahead of The Matthew Perry Estate Auction at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, on May 19, 2026.
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Six people have been convicted in connection with Perry’s ketamine overdose death.
Five of them have already been sentenced, including a woman dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” who styled herself as a dealer to the stars. A sixth person is expected to be sentenced next week.
The auction will take place in Dallas and online on June 5. AFP
