London, Aug 7 (ANI): A fur-lined coat, which martial arts film star Bruce Lee owned and wore shortly before his death, has fetched 77,000 US dollars at an auction in Hong Kong.
A US couple paid almost nine times the expected price to grab the coat that Lee wore in 1973 for the filming of 'Game of Death' - which remained unfinished as Lee died later that year at the age of 32.
Silvana and Greg Manning, the US couple who won the auction, said it was "a unique item and a memorabilia for an iconic figure".
"Bruce Lee is worldwide recognised as one of the most important people in the martial arts field," the BBC quoted Greg Manning as saying.
"He really pioneered the film genre and we respect him as a human being and a person for his work and his art and for what he did," he added.
Twelve other items, including a letter and a name-card, also went under the hammer. (ANI)
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