By Zoe Papadakis | Wednesday, 06 May 2026 01:12 PM EDT
Items from the personal estate of the late “Friends” star Matthew Perry will be sold at a June 5 auction to support the charitable foundation established in his name. Heritage Auctions is facilitating the sale of memorabilia, including signed “Friends” scripts, a custom Batman-themed ping-pong table, and a personal replica of the iconic yellow peephole frame from the “Friends” apartment set.
The event is designed to generate proceeds for the Matthew Perry Foundation, an organization launched after the actor’s death in 2023 at age 54. The foundation focuses on the destigmatization of addiction and the expansion of recovery resources.
Lisa Kasteler Calio, the foundation’s chief executive, emphasized the mission behind the sale: “Matthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” she said. “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.”
The inventory highlights Perry’s decade-long run as Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Friends.” Among the notable artifacts is the pilot script, originally titled “Six of One,” bearing the signatures of Perry and co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer. This item was donated by Warner Bros. and carries a starting bid of $500.
Additionally, a bundle of 26 scripts from significant episodes, such as the two-part series finale and “The One With Ross’s Tan,” is listed with a $1,000 opening price. Perry’s 1995 Screen Actors Guild award for ensemble performance is also featured.
Beyond his television career, the auction includes high-value personal assets and collectibles. Perry’s art collection features an original Banksy piece valued at more than $800,000. Other personal effects range from a Batman watch and framed handwritten lyrics from the Little River Band to the ping-pong table, which is noted as missing its net.
The auction honors the legacy of an actor who was famously open about his long battle with addiction. In his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry credited the success of the show and his colleagues with helping him maintain sobriety at times.
“There was no way I could have been a journeyman actor,” he wrote. “I wouldn’t have stayed sober for that; it was not worth not doing heroin for that … When you’re earning $1 million a week, you can’t afford to have the 17th drink.”
Following a Tuesday opening of the auction site, items will be showcased in Beverly Hills from May 18 to May 29. The final bidding will take place at Heritage Auctions’ Dallas showroom and online.
The sale comes amid ongoing legal proceedings regarding Perry’s death, which a medical examiner attributed to the acute effects of ketamine. Five people have pleaded guilty to related charges, including doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez, and Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen,” who recently received a 15-year prison sentence.
According to court documents, on October 28, 2023, Perry was given at least three injections of ketamine supplied by Sangha, resulting in a fatal overdose.
