On Monday, federal charges -- against a man accused of hiding a different pair of ruby slippers that were stolen in 2005 -- were dismissed after the man died. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI ...

Federal charges against a Minnesota man, accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, were dropped Monday after the man died.

The Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz, stolen in a museum heist in 2005 and recovered in 2018, sold for $32.5 million at Heritage Auctions. Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

The ruby slippers worn by Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz". The pair sold Saturday had been loaned by Shaw to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., until 2005 when they were stolen.

A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at auction Saturday.

Stolen slippers, a witch hat and millions of dollars, oh my! Dorothy's iconic ruby slippers featured in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" auctioned for over $30 million at Heritage Auctions' Dec ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago fetched $28 million in an auction Saturday ...