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Matthew Perry’s collection of memorabilia and art for sale
Heritage Auctions is selling memorabilia, scripts and Banksy works, with proceeds expected to raise about $1 million for the Matthew Perry Foundation.
- Executors of the Matthew Perry estate will auction 130 lots in Dallas on June 5 to benefit the Matthew Perry Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping people with addiction.
- Roberta Kramer of Heritage Auctions said the collection is "a combination of all kinds of things from the actor's lifetime," spanning work-related items and personal belongings from childhood to adulthood.
- Items include Perry's treasured Memorigin watch with a Batman emblem and Banksy artwork—"Girl with Balloon" and "Nola"—which are expected to fetch around $1 million.
- Kramer said Perry started the foundation using his "celebrity and his experience in life with substance abuse to help other people," with auction proceeds directly supporting this mission.
- Six people have been convicted in connection with Perry's ketamine overdose death, with the final individual expected to be sentenced next week as legal proceedings conclude.
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More than two years after the actor's death, about 130 items of his property will go on sale to raise funds against addictions
Good news for the fans of Matthew Perry? After the shock of the announcement of his death on October 28, 2023, items belonging to him will be sold at auction in the United States. Sales will go to the benefit of its foundation dedicated to the fight against addictions.
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- 36% of the sources are Center, 36% of the sources lean Right
36% Right
L 28%
C 36%
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