Bruce Lee possessions to go under the hammer

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/23/bruce-lee-memorabilia-sale-auction-los-angeles

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A jacket, watch and martial arts training equipment once owned by Bruce Lee are to be sold at auction in Los Angeles on 29 April, with fans also given the chance to bid online.

The highlight of the sale, at the specialist auction house Nate D Sanders, is expected to be Lee's Stirling Cooper grey cotton jacket, which features signatures and personal messages from the actor and martial artist's wife, Linda, and daughter, Shannon. The jacket, which was previously auctioned in 1993, will have a starting bid of $40,000 (£24,000).

Other items include a wristwatch, a pair of US size seven mahogany leather loafers, a pair of size 7.5 platform shoes, an elastic waistband, kicking shield, pull-up bar and shin protector. The shoes had been given by Lee to Bruce's close friend Herb Jackson, a first generation student of the actor's Jeet Kune Do style and maker of Lee's custom martial arts training equipment. They are expected to sell for at least $25,000 each, with the watch's starting price set at $20,000.

Lee is best known for a series of Hong Kong martial arts films in the early 1970s, as well as the English language Enter the Dragon. He died in 1973, aged 32, at the height of his fame.