Hong Kong is slated to auction a collection of personal items belonging to the Chinese-American kung fu legend, actor and director, Bruce Lee.
The fur-lined costume jacket, which was made for Lee's film Game of Death and worn by him in 1973 is among the thirteen items slated to go under hammer in the largest auction of Lee memorabilia in Hong Kong.
Other items include a hand-written letter to Taky Kimura, a friend in Seattle and fellow kung fu instructor who was Lee's best man at his 1964 wedding.
"Actually I think the most important, the best item, is the three-page hand written letter by Bruce Lee," said Anna Lee, spokesperson for Phila China Auctions, which is conducting the sale along with the US-based Kelleher Auctions.
"It talked about his early days in Hollywood and how he taught megastars to do kung fu and all that. It's a letter written to his confidante in Seattle, his student, and his long-time friend."
The letter is estimated to fetch up to $38,500 and all the 13 items to go for up to USD 113,000, Reuters reported.
Signed student membership cards to Lee's kung fu schools and a martial arts book inscribed by him are also among the lots, all coming from a US collector.
"Aside from little items here and there on Ebay, there hasn't been a major auction of his material," said Lee.
"The last one we can recall is 1993 when the widow, Mrs. Linda Lee, sold like over 200 items in Los Angeles through an auction house."
"Bruce Lee definitely is popular... I think the legend will continue, definitely."
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