Judy Garland's ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' to be auctioned

The Manila Times

Judy Garland's ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' to be auctioned  An original pair of glittery ruby red slippers worn by Hollywood actress Judy Garland in the 1939 movie 'The Wizard of Oz' is on display in London before they go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions in the US in December. The slippers, one of only four surviving pairs made for the film, were worn by the child actress in several iconic scenes.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #wizardofoz

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01:34…pair in the Academy Museum in LA and then there's one pair that a private collector

01:38has held for a very long time.

01:46So, these slippers are so precious in the sense that

02:16the movie itself is legendary. Everyone thinks about the Wizard of Oz and everyone knows the Wizard of Oz.

02:21I can tell you I've taken these across the world and as far as Tokyo, and they're still recognizable.

02:27It really was the first movie, I think, that

02:31made waves and is known generation to generation to generation.

02:35It really lives on and I think that's what makes these

02:37slippers so special is because with the movie these slippers also live on. They are a

02:42fabulous ruby color that a lot of people don't realize that they're not as red as the movie.

02:48That's based on Technicolor lighting and being one of the first films to do Technicolor,

02:52they had to be a lot darker in person than they would appear on film just because the lighting.

02:58So, they are a dark ruby color.

03:00This is the darkest pair we believe in existence at this point.

03:05They are absolutely untouched as far as refurbish or

03:10glue, all the sequins. After they were stolen, they remained out of custody of anyone, of course, in the thief's hands until

03:192018 when the FBI received a tip and they were

03:24recovered. They did a sting operation. They were recovered, apparently buried in a Tupperware underground. So, these have been on a journey.

03:32I think these are the type of thing that it

03:36crosses over categories. It could be a very big Judy Garland fan. It could be a large Wizard of Oz fan.

03:41It could be a Wicked fan. It could be a collector that's just interested in collecting, you know, memorabilia or

03:48collecting all the things across the board. We've seen a lot of different people interested in this. It then could be an institution

03:54that's interested in purchasing these. It could be someone that is

03:58interested in purchasing them for an institution. So,

04:01anyone can bid and

04:03anyone can buy.

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