Judy Garland’s Wizard of Oz ruby slippers up for auction for $800k after theft by mobster
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 cinema classic The Wizard of Oz are going up for auction, two decades after they were stolen by a mobster who believed they were covered in real rubies. Ruby Red Slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ on display in New York in 2011 The slippers were returned to Shaw. Grand Rapids raised money for the slippers at its annual Judy Garland festival, and those funds will supplement the $100,000 set aside this year by Minnesota lawmakers to help purchase the slippers. In their official decription of the slippers, Heritage said: “The Ruby Slippers are a vintage pair of Innes Shoe Co. red silk faille heels with uppers and heels covered with hand-sequined silk georgette, lined in white leather, and the leather soles are painted red with orange felt adhered to the front foundation of each shoe.