The ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in 1939 musical the Wizard of Oz have sold at auction for a cool $28m (£22m).
The ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in 1939 musical the Wizard of Oz have sold at auction for a cool $28m . The slippers known for being the "Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia" went on auction online one month ago.The shoes were under-estimated by Heritage Auctions as they expected to them reach $3m instead of the $28m which it sold for, making them the most expensive film memorabilia ever sold at auction.
In the film, Dorothy must click her heels three times and repeat "There's no place like home" in order to leave Oz and return to Kansas. Multiple pairs of shoes were worn by Garland, but only four are known to have survived. One pair was owned by collector, Michael Shaw, who had loaned the slippers to the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota.
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