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☆ Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' sell for a record $28 million at auction
  + stars: | 2024-12-08 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A pair of ruby slippers has become the most expensive piece of entertainment memorabilia sold at auction. The shoes, which featured in "The Wizard of Oz," fetched $28 million at auction. The pair — one of several worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film — were once stolen from a museum. AdvertisementA pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" sold at an auction on Saturday for $28 million — the highest- price ever paid for a piece of entertainment memorabilia. AdvertisementAs Rhys Thomas, author of "The Ruby Slippers of Oz," put it, they have seen "more twists and turns than the Yellow Brick Road."
Persons: Oz, Judy Garland, Rhys Thomas, Terry Jon Martin, Martin, Michael Shaw, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande Organizations: Heritage, Judy Garland Museum, FBI, Warner, Associated Press Locations: Dallas, Grand Rapids , Minnesota
☆ Pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ sold at auction for $28 million
  + stars: | 2024-12-07 | by ( Mariasole Campinoti | Maria Sole Campinoti | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 million Saturday. Only two bidders remained toward the end, and the slippers were sold to a bidder participating over the phone. With auction house commissions, the slippers sold for a staggering $32.5 million, nearly 11 times its estimate of $3 million. The ruby slippers are one of the most beloved artifacts from the iconic 1939 movie. Collector Michael Shaw had lent the slippers to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota when they were stolen in 2005.
Persons: Judy, Oz, Robert Wilonsky, ”, Rhys Thomas, “, Michael Shaw, Judy Garland, Shaw, ” Terry Martin, Jerry Hal Saliterman, Martin, Saliterman, MGM costumer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Debbie Reynolds, CNN’s Scottie Andrew Organizations: CNN, Public Relations, Judy Garland Museum, FBI, National Museum of, MGM, Smithsonian, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Tennessee Locations: Minnesota, Hollywood, America, Grand Rapids , Minnesota, Minneapolis, Dakota
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