A pair of ruby slippers Judy Garland wrote in the course of the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz have been auctioned off and fetched $28 million.
Heritage Auctions dealt with the sale, and with the customer’s premium, the slippers bought for $32.5 million.
“There may be merely no comparability between Judy Garland’s Ruby Slippers and some other piece of Hollywood memorabilia,” Heritage Auctions EVP Joe Maddalena mentioned. “The breathtaking outcome displays simply how vital films and film memorabilia are to our tradition and to collectors. It’s been a privilege for all of us at Heritage to be part of the slippers’ epic journey over the rainbow and off to a brand new house.”
The slippers are certainly one of 4 recognized to have survived since Garland wore them in the course of the filming of the basic. Heritage auctioned off the pair that have been famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and recovered 13 years later by the FBI. Michael Shaw handed them over for public sale and drew over 1,800 bidders worldwide.
Dorothy’s slippers have been designed by Gilbert Adrian, MGM’s chief costume designer, and made by Western Costume Firm utilizing white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Firm in Los Angeles.
The Depraved Witch’s Hat, a part of Shaw’s assortment, was additionally auctioned and bought for $2.93 million in a prolonged bidding battle. The hat is the one one to characteristic inside its brim, “M. Hamilton 4461-164” — referring to, Margaret Hamilton, the previous kindergarten trainer who cherished youngsters but grew to become the supply of so many nightmares.
Adrian additionally designed the long-lasting piece of Hollywood historical past throughout his historic tenure at MGM.
