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Pictured: Howard Hughes' Emerald & Diamond Engagement Ring set in Platinum gifted to Katharine Hepburn sold for £85,000.
A cache of intimate love letters sent from Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn to business magnate Howard Hughes have come to light.
The pair began a high-profile relationship in 1937, two years after they were introduced by Hepburn's friend Cary Grant during the filming of Sylvia Scarlett.
At first, the four time Academy Award winner spurned Hughes' advances as she was reportedly unimpressed by his legendary swagger.
But, in time, his perseverance paid off and she fell madly in love with him following a series of dates.
In total, she penned 55 handwritten steamy letters, notes and postcards between August 1937 through to December 1938, almost one a week.
Pic: ProfilesInHistory/BNPS
Pictured: Howard Hughes' Emerald & Diamond Engagement Ring set in Platinum gifted to Katharine Hepburn sold for £85,000.
A cache of intimate love letters sent from Hollywood icon Katharine Hepburn to business magnate Howard Hughes have come to light.
The pair began a high-profile relationship in 1937, two years after they were introduced by Hepburn's friend Cary Grant during the filming of Sylvia Scarlett.
At first, the four time Academy Award winner spurned Hughes' advances as she was reportedly unimpressed by his legendary swagger.
But, in time, his perseverance paid off and she fell madly in love with him following a series of dates.
In total, she penned 55 handwritten steamy letters, notes and postcards between August 1937 through to December 1938, almost one a week.
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