The slippers, worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” were stolen from the museum that bears her name in 2005 before investigators recovered them in 2018.

The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" will be sold at auction on Saturday nearly 20 years after they were stolen in Minnesota.

Heritage Auctions estimates the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" will fetch $3 million or more.

Auctioneers for Heritage Auctions described the slippers as the “Holy Grail of Hollywood memorabilia”, stating that the winning bid – roughly $25m (£20m) above the predicted ceiling of $3m (£2.35m)– made them the most valuable item of film memorabilia ever sold at auction.

A pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" was auctioned for a record $28 million. The iconic shoes were stolen in 2005 but they were recovered by the FBI in 2018.

A pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wrote during the filming of 1939's The Wizard of Oz were auctioned off and fetched $28 million.

The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' were sold for a staggering $32.5 million at an auction, setting a new record for entertainment memorabilia. The auction, held by Heritage Auctions in Dallas,

One of the pairs of "ruby slippers" used in 1939's "Wizard of Oz" will be auctioned Saturday. The shoes were stolen from Minnesota's Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and found years later.

A pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" sold for a record $28 million at auction Saturday.

A pair of the famous ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore during the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz sold for a whopping $28 million in auction on Saturday.

A storied pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” stolen from a museum display in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, then reportedly buried in a clear container in a suburban Minneapolis backyard have a high bid of $1,