The one where the iconic ‘Friends’ couch sells for $29,250

The iconic sofa wherever it each began went for astir $30,000 arsenic items from the sitcom that’s inactive beamed into our homes 30 years aft its debut were sold astatine a commemorative auction connected Monday.

Nostalgia-stricken fans from 30 countries snapped up a slew of “Friends” memorabilia, paying galore times the asking terms for a fig of the 110 items connected offer.

“The One With the 30th Anniversary Auction” was held Sept. 23 some online and in-person successful Los Angeles, successful grant of the show’s Sept. 22, 1994, anniversary.

One fortunate purchaser snagged a replica of the orangish sofa, the Central Perk café centerpiece that was astir a quality successful its ain close and is present the astir recognizable and highest-priced item. The velvet sofa that serves arsenic the friends’ coffee-shop perch went for $29,250, 10 to 15 times much than the archetypal estimation of $2,000 to $3,000. Likewise a reproduction of the Central Perk sign, slated to merchantability for $500 to $700, brought successful $5,850.

One fortunate purchaser volition beryllium capable to acquisition a replica of the orangish sofa, the Central Perk café centerpiece that was astir a quality successful its ain close and is present the astir recognizable and highest-priced item. (Julien’s Auctions)

A sweater worn by Chandler Bing (played by the precocious Matthew Perry) went for $6,500, much than 3 times higher than the $1,000 to $1,500 it was primitively priced at. Someone paid $5,200 for an embroidered overgarment worn by Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), mode supra the $1,000 to $1,500 it was estimated to merchantability for.

The dresser from Ross Geller’s (David Schwimmer) flat catapulted from an estimated terms of $500 to $700 to a whopping winning bid of $10,400. An ottoman from his flat went for, not $500 to $700 arsenic primitively anticipated, but $9,100.

Then determination was the Geller Cup Trophy prop, featured successful play 3’s ninth episode, “The One with the Football,” known arsenic the Thanksgiving episode. Instead of selling for $300 to $500 arsenic predicted, the prop went for $9,100. Not atrocious for a troll doll nailed to a portion of wood.

Organizers called it a testament to the show’s enduring appeal.

“Thirty years since its debut successful 1994, radical from each implicit the satellite are still falling successful emotion with Friends arsenic evidenced by the occurrence of today’s 30th day auction,” Julien’s Auctions CEO David Goodman said successful a connection obtained by People and the UK’s PA News Agency. “Since the announcement of this auction celebration, interest pivoted to an all-time high with thousands of bidders joining Julien’s and Warner Bros. Television’s nostalgic travel of Friends that culminated with each of the show’s iconic items being sold beyond their pre-sale estimates.”