{"id":134759,"date":"2024-12-08T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T08:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134759"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T08:20:49","slug":"pair-of-judy-garlands-ruby-slippers-from-the-wizard-of-oz-sold-at-auction-for-28-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134759","title":{"rendered":"Pair of Judy Garland\u2019s ruby slippers from \u2018The Wizard of Oz\u2019 sold at auction for $28 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engf41001s26pbdek214pd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A pair of Judy Garland\u2019s ruby slippers from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 million Saturday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ew9qmo00003b6mh84uok2y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The pair \u2013 one of four surviving pairs Garland wore in the film \u2013 is the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold at auction, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ha.com\/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news\/dorothy-s-ruby-slippers-from-the-wizard-of-oz-sell-for-32.5-million-at-heritage-auctions-to-become-world-s-most-valuable-movie-memorabilia.s?releaseId=5122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from Heritage Auctions.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ewa5cf00023b6mr3agoxmz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere is simply no comparison between Judy Garland\u2019s ruby slippers and any other piece of Hollywood memorabilia,\u201d Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President Joe Maddalena said in the release. \u201cThe breathtaking result reflects just how important movies and movie memorabilia are to our culture and to collectors.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ewj66m0000356mltsw9l4v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            With auction house commissions, the slippers\u2019 total price was a staggering $32.5 million, nearly 11 times what the auction house says was their pre-auction estimate of $3 million.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ey6a530007356mjs5fslzb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAt $32.5 million, the slippers are the most valuable cinema treasures in the world, and they helped make this the most successful entertainment auction ever held,\u201d according to Robert Wilonsky, vice president for public relations at Heritage Auctions.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ewyi8k00003b6mp80hfj63@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other pairs have been to auction before, but none sold for nearly as much as the ones sold Saturday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ewz03t00043b6mkmubaag7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In 2000, one pair of ruby slippers from the movie auctioned for $666,000, according to the release. Years later, Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio bought a different pair for $2 million and donated them to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, according to the release.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4eq37bu00003b6mezt98qp5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Saturday, bidding opened at $1.55 million and escalated quickly. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/entertainment.ha.com\/itm\/movie-tv-memorabilia\/props\/the-wizard-of-oz-mgm-1939-judy-garland-dorothy-gale-screen-matched-ruby-slippers\/a\/7388-89182.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lot page<\/a>, 25 bidders participated.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4esuw2q000f3b6mn4p9r8rs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Only two bidders remained toward the end, and the slippers were sold to a bidder participating over the phone.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engk1q00063b6m66z4o5vm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The shoes are among the most beloved artifacts from the iconic 1939 movie.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engk1q00073b6msokft8lv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The slippers \u201cwere much more than just a piece of Hollywood memorabilia, much more than a valuable piece of industry history,\u201d said Rhys Thomas, the author of \u201cThe Ruby Slippers of Oz.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engk1q00083b6mjt6ukdpk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey transcended Hollywood, to the point where they represented the powerful image of innocence to all America,\u201d he said, according to the lot page.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engk1q00093b6mornn0qs6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The slippers auctioned Saturday had been lent by collector Michael Shaw to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, but were stolen from the museum in 2005. They were recovered in 2018 during a sting operation in Minneapolis, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/19\/style\/ruby-slippers-returned-wizard-oz-stolen-cec\/index.html\">previously reported<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4enn1g1000m3b6mh4oi9f3w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            FBI agents this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/minneapolis\/news\/theres-no-place-like-home-fbi-minneapolis-and-grand-rapids-police-department-return-the-ruby-slippers-to-the-rightful-owner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reunited the slippers with Shaw<\/a>, who \u201clikened the experience to a heartfelt reunion with a long-lost friend.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4engk1q000a3b6mfvz2iolb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Terry Martin and Jerry Hal Saliterman, both in their 70s, were separately charged with the theft. Martin pleaded guilty in 2023, while Saliterman, who was charged in 2024, maintains he\u2019s innocent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/19\/style\/ruby-slippers-returned-wizard-oz-stolen-cec\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> previously reported.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4eoxrf4000j3b6mcgytvl4h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Only four pairs of the slippers used in the film are still known to exist, according to Heritage Auctions and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nd\/pr\/fbi-recovers-stolen-ruby-slippers-wizard-oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">office of the US attorney for North Dakota<\/a>. One pair is housed at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History, though they <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/press\/fact-sheets\/dorothys-ruby-slippers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were initially mismatched<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ewyzeg00023b6mbbarnuq9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other items from the iconic movie were sold during Saturday\u2019s auction, including a hat belonging to the Wicked Witch character (more than $2 million); the screen door ($37,500) from Dorothy\u2019s Kansas home; the MGM contract signed by the \u201cOver the Rainbow\u201d songwriters ($23,125); and Judy Garland\u2019s \u201cDorothy Gale\u201d wig ($30,000) she used in the first week of shooting, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ha.com\/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news\/dorothy-s-ruby-slippers-from-the-wizard-of-oz-sell-for-32.5-million-at-heritage-auctions-to-become-world-s-most-valuable-movie-memorabilia.s?releaseId=5122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> says.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4enp8nz00003b6mguq90l7i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Scottie Andrew contributed to this report.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/07\/us\/wizard-of-oz-ruby-slippers-auction\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A pair of Judy Garland\u2019s ruby slippers from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134759\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}