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Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz Are Being Auctioned Off (And How They Got There Is a Wild Story)
ComicBook.comStory by Nicole Drum
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The iconic Ruby Slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' have had a wild journey, from being stolen in 2005 to being finally recovered and now up for auction, revealing intriguing details about their history.
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- The pair of Ruby Slippers up for auction is unique, being a darker shade due to storage out of direct light, and is not even a matched pair, after being separated from their original counterparts before a 1970 MGM auction.
- The recovered slippers, stolen in 2005 and finally found in a sting operation in 2018, are the same pair that were on display at the Judy Garland Museum when they were stolen, and it was discovered they don't actually match the pair at the Smithsonian.
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Judy Garland, Kent Warner, Michael Shaw, Margaret Hamilton, Debbie Reynolds, Terry Martin, MGM, Smithsonian, Judy Garland Museum, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum, The Wizard of Oz, Ben Hur