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Matthew Perry’s jumper and Central Perk couch among memorabilia sold at Friends anniversary auction
A jumper worn by the late Matthew Perry has sold for more than six times its estimate at an auction marking the 30th anniversary of Friends.
Friends: The One With The 30th Anniversary Auction featured costumes worn by the main cast and notable guest stars, furniture and props from Central Perk – where the group often gathered on screen.
The top-selling item of the auction was a studio-made reproduction of the Central Perk orange sofa where “the gang spent many famous scenes”, Julien’s Auctions said.
The Central Perk couch studio-made reproduction sold for $29,250 – almost 15 times its original estimate. Pic: Reuters
It sold for $29,250 (£22,000) – almost 15 times its original estimate.
A teal, polo-style jumper worn Perry’s character Chandler Bing in The One With The Holiday Armadillo episode, sold for $6,500 (£4,900) – more than six times its estimate.
The sale comes weeks before the one-year anniversary of Perry’s death aged 54.
The teal, polo-style jumper. Pic: Reuters
The show, which aired from 22 September 1994 until 6 May 2004, starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and Perry.
Perry wore the teal jumper in a scene in the cafe where Chandler’s fiancée Monica (Cox) confirms she won’t be changing her last name to Bing.
Among other items to be sold in the auction included a pink outfit worn by Winona Ryder, one of a host of movie and TV stars to appear in the show, which sold for $2,600 (£1,900).
Winona Ryder’s pink outfit (L) and Bruce Willis’s white shirt (R). Pic: Reuters
A white dress shirt worn by Bruce Willis in The One With The Ring, where his new girlfriend Rachel tries to get him to open up, sold for $3,250 (£2,400).
A studio-made reproduction of the Geller Cup Trophy prop, from an episode titled The One With The Football, also sold for $9,100 (£6,800) – 30 times more than predicted.
Pic: Reuters
Thousands of bidders showed interest in the auction, David Goodman, chief executive of Julien’s Auctions, said, proving “people from all over the world are still falling in love with Friends”.
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Actor Matthew Perry died in October 2023. File pic: AP
Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine” on 28 October 2023.
A doctor and a woman dubbed “the ketamine queen” are among five people charged over his death and will face a joint trial next March.
Prosecutors accuse them of taking advantage of the actor after he fell back into addiction last autumn.