LOS ANGELES — The emerald and diamond engagement ring that Howard Hughes gave to Hollywood star Katharine Hepburn in 1938 sold for US$108,000 at a Los Angeles auction – more than three times the expected price – while a collection of her love letters to him fetched $44,800.Auction house Profiles in History said on Friday that other personal items belonging to Hughes also went for more than their pre-sale estimates, including the entrepreneur’s trademark fedora (US$51,200) and the two-tone jacket (US$89,600) he wore while piloting his huge Spruce Goose flying boat.Hughes and Hepburn never married but their 18-month romance in the late 1930s, which was chronicled in the 2004 movie “The Aviator,” was a big celebrity story at the time.Her 55
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