A yellow jumpsuit that was donned by martial arts legend Bruce Lee in his last movie "Game of Death" was sold for $100,000 at Spink's auction house in Hong Kong.
An unidentified telephone bidder bought the yellow polyester suit with black stripes down the sides for three times the estimated price at Thursday night's auction sale, Associated Press reported.
Apart from the jumpsuit, the auction house displayed a collection of 14 items from Bruce Lee's memorabilia which raised more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars. ($258,000)
The yellow suit, which had a damaged zipper from a fight scene in the movie, was one of two costumes that Lee had commissioned from his Hong Kong tailor for "Game of Death." According to AP, the selling price of 780,000 Hong Kong dollars ($100,000) was about triple the auction house's initial estimate.
Lee's death at 32 from an allergic reaction to painkillers came at the height of his fame. In 1973, he died before he could finish filming for the movie "Game of Death." An incomplete version came out that year, followed by a feature-length version using stand-ins released posthumously in 1978.
Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Lee rose to success and became a global superstar due to his legendary martial arts skills and screen presence. He helped popularize martial art films across the world.
Director Quentin Tarantino, paid tribute to Lee by dressing Uma Thurman in a similar suit for his "Kill Bill" movies.
Collectors also picked up "Game of Death" prop weapons used by Lee. British collector George Philips, an investment manager based in Hong Kong, bought a pair of wooden yellow lacquered "nunchaku" that match the jumpsuit sold for $70,000.
"It's an iconic item," he told AP.
A green bamboo whip went for $12,380.
