Judy Garland’s iconic red slippers from The Wizard of Oz sell for eye-watering sum years after being STOLEN
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.
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.
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.