He only had the slippers for a couple days before he realized the gems on the shoes were fake, giving them to an associate for no pay after concluding they were worthless. The 76-year-old ...
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.
DALLAS — 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 ...
For a cool million-dollars-plus, a pair of the famed and rare Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz can take a hallowed place on your very own shoe rack. The slippers, worn on-screen by Judy Garland ...
They were found in 2018, with the FBI sharing in a press release that they discovered the shoes in Minneapolis while investigating a scheme to defraud and extort the Markel Corporation, which owns the ...
4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File) DALLAS (AP) — A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” is on the auction block nearly two ...