DULUTH — A pair of "ruby slippers" worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and infamously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids in 2005 are now for auction. Online bidding is ...

DALLAS — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago fetched $28 million in an auction Saturday.

The Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota has been fundraising for months in hopes of buying a pair of ruby slippers stolen from museum in 2005.

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz is on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes, convinced they were adorned with real jewels.

Now, the same ruby slippers are going up for auction through Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Online bidding has already started and will continue through Dec. 7, 2024.

Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being auctioned by Heritage Auctions for over $800,000, years after they were infamously stolen by a mobster from a museum.

Collector Michael Shaw is selling the shoes, worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz." Representatives from the Judy Garland Museum will travel to Texas to bid for ownership on Dec. 7.

The ruby slippers worn by Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz". The pair sold Saturday had been loaned by Shaw to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., until 2005 when they were stolen.

Stolen slippers, a witch hat and millions of dollars, oh my! Dorothy's iconic ruby slippers featured in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" auctioned for over $30 million at Heritage Auctions' Dec ...

A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at auction Saturday.

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed at a news conference in 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. The shoes were stolen in 2005 from a ...