After mysteriously disappearing in 2005, Judy Garland's famous red shoes in “The Wizard of Oz” will be sold at auction next Saturday, December 7 in Dallas. Discover the significant sum of this legendary item.
They shine with ruby sequins, are adorned with a bow and dressed with a square heel. These red shoes are probably very familiar to you. These are those of Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, in The Wizard of Oza cult film from the 1930s. It's hard not to think of the legendary scene where the actress kicks her heels to be able to enter her home. They have become a real reference to the film. After being mysteriously stolen 20 years ago and then found, the red pumps are put up for auction. The sale which started online will end Saturday December 7 in Dallas. The Heritage auction house, which houses and exhibits the pair of shoes, estimates that their price could reach $3 million.
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A mysterious flight story
These red shoes are a legend. Long preserved in the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they went missing in 2005. A bounty of up to a million dollars was at stake to find them. After a long investigation, it was the FBI who managed to find them in 2018. The author admitted the facts at the time, saying that he thought they were made of real rubies. But that's not the most surprising thing. The shoes were mysteriously found in a Tupperware container buried underground.
If Dorothy's red shoes are the most emblematic, of Wizard of Ozother posters and objects from the film such as the wigs worn by Judy Garland are also on sale.
