A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' are on sale nearly 20 years after being stolen from a museum.
in Dallas, with bidding set to run through Dec. 7. This pair was previously on display at the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where they were stolen from in 2005.
It wasn’t until 2018 that the shoes were recovered, and just this past January, the convicted thief, Terry Martin, wasAccording to Heritage Auctions, the ruby slippers are one of four surviving pairs worn by Garland in the classic 1939 film. They were originally uncovered — along with two other pairs — by costumer Kent Warner, who was tasked with organizing a famous MGM auction in 1970. This pair, however, was sold by Warner Bros.
Shaw’s slippers are notably the “cross-matched sister shoes” to the pair that are famously on display at the Smithsonian Institute. Per a description, this pair is also “darker in color than any other known pair — a rich burgundy — likely the result of careful storage out of direct light.” As for the infamous shoe heist, that occurred in Aug. 2005 when a burglar broke into the Judy Garland Museum, smashed through the Plexiglass case housing the slippers, and absconded with them. Befitting a crime scene from a movie: no fingerprints were found, the museum’s alarm system did not alert a central dispatch, and the only piece of evidence was a single red sequin.
According to Martin — the thief who eventually pleaded guilty to stealing the shoes — and his lawyer, the heist was a classicscenario. Martin had previously dealt in stolen jewels and spent time in prison for burglary, but he claimed he was living a quiet life when an “old mob associate” contacted him about stealing the slippers.
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