Perhaps drafting off 'Wicked' mania, the iconic footwear from 1939's 'The Wizard of Oz' far surpassed expectations, making them the most expensive item of entertainment memorabilia ever sold.
The original ruby slippers worn by the Hollywood actress and singer Judy Garland, in the classic 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz.'fetched an all-time auction record for entertainment memorabilia when they sold on Saturday afternoon for $28 million. The sale was handled by Dallas-based HeritageAuctioneer Mike Sadler announced at the podium at the conclusion of the lot’s bidding that the slippers had far surpassed the previous auction record of $5.
Three other pairs of ruby slippers are known to exist. One pair resides in the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while in 2012to purchase a pair of ruby slippers to reside in the permanent collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. A third pair is believed to be owned by a private collector.
The provenance of this fourth pair also may have contributed to its final total. The slippers were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in the star’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minn., but were stolen in a smash-and-grab job in 2005. They were finally recovered after the FBI received a tip in 2018 and later were authenticated before being consigned to auction.
Given the final total, Sadler pronounced this pair of slippers worn by Garland “the most iconic piece of memorabilia in movie history.”Bowen Yang Wants Fans to Stop Tagging Him in Photos of Other Asian People: “I Hate the Internet Because of It”Danielle Directo-Meston. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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