Season-finale 'Friends' scripts from 'The One with Ross's Wedding' are up for auction after being rescued from the trash
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- Original scripts from a "Friends" season finale are being auctioned.
- An employee at the studios where "The One with Ross's Wedding" was filmed found them in the trash.
- The auction house estimates that they could sell for more than $1,000.
Superfans of "Friends" will have a rare opportunity to own a little piece of the show's history as original scripts found in a trash can are being sold at auction.
Scripts for the Season Four two-part finale were recovered by a staff member in 1998 from the trash at Fountain Studios in London, where "The One with Ross's Wedding" was filmed, BBC News reported.
In the episodes, which were broadcast in May 1998, the wedding of Ross Geller — played by David Schwimmer — to his fiancée Emily Waltham— played by Helen Baxendale — takes place in England.
The anonymous seller, who kept the scripts in a bedside drawer for years, only rediscovered them recently during a clearout, the news outlet said.
"They ended up in a bedside drawer and they've been there ever since," the seller told BBC News. "I could have quite easily have thrown them out."
The seller said that the scripts "deserve to be owned by a big Friends fan."
Scheduled for auction on January 12 by Hanson Ross auctioneers in Hertfordshire, England, the scripts will come with a standby ticket to filming, a "Friends" DVD box set, a sticker, a keyring, and a production crew sweater.
The auctioneers estimate the package will fetch up to £800, or a little more than $1,000.
Amanda Butler, the head of operations at Hanson Ross, told the BBC that it is unclear who the scripts originally belonged to.
While it is possible that they belonged to a cast member, Butler said that they could have also belonged to the crew.
"It's just surreal to read it and see in writing what you've seen on the screen," she told the BBC.