SHOE WHAT?!
Judy Garland’s iconic red slippers from The Wizard of Oz sell for eye-watering sum years after being STOLEN
The shoes sold for 16 times the pre-sale estimate
JUDY Garland’s red Wizard of Oz slippers have sold for a fantastical £25.5million.
The magical silk shoes, which transported Dorothy in the 1939 film, vanished for 13 years after they were stolen.
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They are now the most expensive piece of Hollywood memorabilia ever after a phone bidder landed them at a London auction.
In the movie, Dorothy Gale is returned to Kansas when she clicks her heels.
The slippers, with Judy Garland’s name written inside, were stolen in 2005 from a Minnesota museum dedicated to the actress.
They were recovered in 2018 after an FBI probe.
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A man admitted the theft, but avoided jail as he was in a hospice and expected to die.
The shoes, owned by Aussie collector Michael Shaw, sold for 16 times the pre-sale estimate.
Heritage Auctions said they are “alive in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people”, adding: “This is the Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia.”
A Wicked Witch hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in the film sold for £2.27million after an estimate of £78,000.
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