Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'Wizard of Oz' sell for $32.5 million at auction
A pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers, worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," sold Saturday at an auction for $32.5 million, making the sparkling shoes the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold at auction.
A pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers, worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," sold Saturday at an auction for $32.5 million, making the sparkling shoes the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold at auction.
The slippers are one of four surviving pairs from the 1939 movie and were once stolen from a museum that housed them. The winning bid was $28 million, with the buyer paying an additional $4.5 million in fees to the Dallas-based auction house, the Associated Press reported.
Live bidding for the pair of ruby red heels started at $1.55 million, according to Heritage Auctions, and were initially estimated to go for $3 million or more.
The auction house said in a news release that the slippers passed that number "within seconds" and that no other pair of ruby slippers has gone for close to that amount.
The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939), Judy Garland "Dorothy Gale" Screen Matched Ruby Slippers.Heritage Auctions/Hollywood EntertainmentOne pair sold in 2000 for $666,000, Heritage Auctions said. In 2012, Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio paid $2 million for another pair and donated them to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
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