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A close up view of a pair of famous Ruby slippers from the movie 'The Wizard of Oz' held by hands wearing white gloves.

Dorothy's ruby slippers sell for $28m at auction

The shoes, worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 movie, went for $25m more than the auctioneer's estimate.

A close-up of the ruby red sequin shoes worn by Judy Garland. They feature dark red sequins sewn in chevron strips across the front of the shoes, with red bows sewn on and thick block heels at the back, with a light coloured insole

Wizard of Oz ruby slippers go on display in London

The slippers were worn by Judy Garland to click her heels together in the film's ending scenes.

Person holding ruby slippers

Saga of stolen Wizard of Oz ruby slippers ends

Terry Jon Martin stole the shoes from a museum in 2005, believing the red rubies on them were real.