DALLAS – She wears a pair of ruby ​​slippers Judy Garland in the iconic movieThe Wizard of OzThe iconic shoes are being sold at auction nearly two decades after a thief stole them.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas dazzled with sequins and beads ruby slippers From memorabilia collector Michael Shaw. Shaw loaned the shoes to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005.

According to the auction house, the shoes were known to have been stolen from the museum in 2005. The FBI rescued them in 2018.

Terry Jon Martin, who stole the slippers, was 76 years old. He was sentenced to prison in January due to his poor health. His lawyer admitted that he used a hammer to break the museum door and display glass after a former colleague with ties to the mafia told him that the shoes needed to be decorated. With real jewels to justify its $1 million insured value.

The iconic ruby ​​slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” debuted at Solange Azagury-Partridge in Beverly Hills, California, on November 14, 2011. (Credit: Brian To/FilmMagic)

The Slippers began a celebrated world tour in Japan in October; Stops in Dallas, New York and London are still to come before finding her way to a new home in December. Online bidding It started and will continue until December 7th.

Now the Judy Garland Museum is among those competing for the slippers, one of several pairs Garland wore during filming. There are currently only four left.

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The auction of movie memorabilia also includes other items from “The Wizard of Oz,” such as the hat worn by Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West and the screen door of Dorothy’s Kansas home.