The sequined shoes, one of four surviving pairs from the 1939 movie musical, were once stolen from a Minnesota museum and later recovered by the FBI.
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” sold at an auction on Saturday for $28 million — the highest- price ever paid for a piece of entertainment memorabilia.
Heritage Auctions, the auction house that sold the shoes, which are one of four surviving pairs from the 1939 movie, said in a press release that live bidding opened at $1.55 million, with pre-auction estimates for the slippers starting from $3 million.
“They surpassed that within seconds”, the auction house said.
Including the Dallas-based auction house’s fee, the unknown buyer is set to pay $32.
