The slippers, worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” were stolen from the museum that bears her name in 2005 before investigators recovered them in 2018.

A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 million Saturday.

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" sold at auction on Saturday for an astounding price.

A piece of American movie history with a connection to Minnesota is up for auction, and bidding is coming to a close.

Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.

The slippers had been predicted to fetch $3 million according to Heritage Auctions There's no place like auction! Judy Garland’s iconic ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz went under the hammer. on Saturday,

The ruby slippers from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz are now the most expensive piece of film memorabilia in history. The shoes, worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the beloved film, sold at auction in Dallas for $28 million — $32.

A pair of storied ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland during the making of The Wizard of Oz sold for $28 million on Saturday, becoming the most expensive piece of movie memorabilia ever auctioned,

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, have been returned to their rightful owner, Michael Shaw.