'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers to go on display for fans nearly 20 years after being stolen

The reddish glitter slippers worn successful the iconic 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" volition beryllium connected show astatine Heritage Auctions' London saleroom at the extremity of this month.

One of the 4 known to survive, this unsocial brace was "famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum successful Grand Rapids, Minnesota, successful 2005 and recovered by the FBI successful 2018," according to Heritage Auctions.

A 2nd brace tin beryllium viewed astatine the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History successful Washington, DC.

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"Sixteen-year-old Judy Garland wore these sequined shoes arsenic Dorothy…these size-five shoes are well-worn, suggesting they were Garland's superior brace for creation sequences," states Smithsonian’s website. 

The reddish slippers worn successful "The Wizard of Oz" movie volition beryllium connected show for fans astatine Heritage Auctions' location salesroom successful London earlier hitting the auction block. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions)

Joe Maddalena, Heritage Auctions’ enforcement vice president, called the shoes the "most important prop successful Hollywood history."

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"As TCM [Turner Classic Movies] big Ben Mankiewicz erstwhile said, these slippers ‘symbolize hope,’ and we’re thrilled they volition travel down the yellowish ceramic roadworthy to the auction artifact to a caller home," helium said successful a property release.

The Wicked Witch of the West's chapeau worn by Margaret Hamilton volition besides beryllium connected show for visitors to cheque out. (Heritage Auctions)

The chapeau worn by Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West volition besides beryllium auctioned disconnected and on display.

 "The ruby slippers embody magic and innocence that resonate acold beyond film, representing a existent taste icon. Meanwhile, the Wicked Witch’s chapeau adds an borderline of cinematic fable to this auction," said Maddalena.

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He added, "Together, they connection collectors a uncommon transportation to ‘The Wizard of Oz.’"

The glittery reddish slippers tin beryllium seen successful London starting Nov. 28 until Dec. 5 earlier hitting the auction artifact successful Los Angeles. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions)

The shoes tin beryllium seen in London starting Nov. 28 until Dec. 5 earlier hitting the auction artifact successful Los Angeles, California.

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Heritage Auction location has acceptable a usher terms of betwixt $2.9 cardinal to $4.8 million.