October 2013 Auction Ends Tuesday, October 29th, 5pm Pacific

Bruce Lee's Personally Owned & Used Custom Made Roman Chair

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2013

Bruce Lee owned and used custom made Roman chair. Heavy piece of exercise equipment is made of iron, with a cushion covered in mint green vinyl. Chair was made for Lee by Herb Jackson, an iron-worker by trade, whose well-documented friendship with Lee began while he trained in Jeet Kune Do at Lee's Los Angeles martial arts academy in Chinatown. Lee, impressed with the older fighter's background in street fighting, in time befriended his student and invited him to train at his home, calling on Jackson to craft custom training equipment for use in Jeet Kune Do. Just before his fateful move to Hong Kong, Lee gifted many pieces of his martial arts equipment to Jackson. Roman chair measures 48'' x 13.75'' x 18.25'' and weighs 30 pounds. One segment is wrapped in foam and tape. Near fine. With a COA from Herb Jackson's son. More on Herb Jackson and Lee's custom training equipment can be found on the official website of the Bruce Lee Foundation at http://bruceleefoundation.org/index.cfm/page/KNOWING-IS-NOT-ENOUGH-Interview-with-George-Lee/cdid/10669/pid/10225 . Our images are from pp. 59 & 161 of ''The Art of Expressing the Human Body''.