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Bruce Lee memorabilia to be sold at Hong Kong auction

Thirteen items belonging to the late kung-fu legend will go under the hammer on August 6
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Bruce Lee memorabilia is to go on auction in Hong Kong this week.

Thirteen items belonging to the late kung-fu legend will go under the hammer on August 6.

Bruce Lee is widely credited with catapulting the martial arts film genre into the mainstream with popular films like Enter the Dragon and The Big Boss.

The actor and kung-fu legend, who died at 32 years of age after suffering a severe reaction to medication, is hailed as a cultural icon around the world.

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The auction is being organised by America’s Kelleher Auctions and Phila China of Hong Kong and is expected to raise as much as HK$880,000 ($112,900).

It is believed to be the largest-scale auction of Bruce Lee memorabilia in the southern Chinese city.  

Items to be sold from Bruce Lee’s estate include a membership card for his kung-fu institute and a dark blue fur-lined coat, which was made for his 1973 film Game of Death.

A 1966 letter Lee wrote to a friend detailing the television series The Green Hornet where the kung-fu artist played Kato will also go up for sale.  

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