Bruce Lee memorabilia to be sold at auction in Hong Kong

Jul 30, 2011, 4:57 GMT

Hong Kong - Memorabilia owned by the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee was to be put up for auction and expected to raise 800,000 Hong Kong dollars (112,820 dollars), a report said Saturday.

Thirteen items from Lee's estate will go under the hammer on August 6, the South China Morning Post said.

The items include a letter, dated March 25, 1966, that Lee wrote to a friend explaining his involvement in the television series The Green Hornet, in which Lee played the superhero's sidekick Kato. The letter, said to be in 'fine condition,' is expected to fetch up to 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.

'The item is meaningful in the sense that it can allow us to understand more about Bruce Lee's views and what he thought about his work at that time,' said Wong Yiu-keung, chairman of the Bruce Lee Fan Club.

A dark-blue fur-lined jacket, made around 1973 for Lee's film Game of Death, is estimated to sell for between 100,000-150,000 Hong Kong dollars.

'To the best of my memory, it will be the first such large-scale auction of Bruce Lee's memorabilia held in Hong Kong,' Wong said. The auction is being organised by the US-based Kelleher Auctions and Phila China of Hong Kong.

'Each of the items is unique. And they are testaments to Bruce Lee's life and accomplishments,' a Phila China spokesman said.

Lee died in Hong Kong on July 20, 1973, at the age of 32.