A pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wrote through the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz have been auctioned off this weekend for a whopping $28 million. Heritage Auctions dealt with the sale, and with the customer’s premium, the slippers bought for $32.5 million.
Heritage Auctions EVP Joe Maddalena mentioned of the sale:
“There may be merely no comparability between Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers and some other piece of Hollywood memorabilia.
“The breathtaking outcome displays simply how necessary motion pictures and film memorabilia are to our tradition and to collectors. It’s been a privilege for all of us at Heritage to be part of the slippers’ epic journey over the rainbow and off to a brand new dwelling.”
The slippers are one among 4 recognized to have survived since Garland wore them through the filming of the traditional. Heritage auctioned off the pair that have been famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and recovered 13 years later by the FBI. Michael Shaw handed them over for public sale and drew over 1,800 bidders worldwide.
The Depraved Witch’s Hat, a part of Shaw’s assortment, was additionally auctioned and bought for $2.93 million in a prolonged bidding battle. The hat is the one one to characteristic inside its brim “M. Hamilton 4461-164” — referring to Margaret Hamilton, the actress who performed Ms. Gulch and the Depraved Witch of the West.
by way of: Deadline
