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The slippers helped the auction set the record for an entertainment auction, raising a total of $38.6 million. The ruby slippers worn in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and once stolen from the ...
With the buyer's premium, the sale, handled by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, comes to a total of $32.5 million. The buyer currently remains anonymous. The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland ...
Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being auctioned by Heritage Auctions for over $800,000, years after they were infamously stolen by a mobster from a museum.
The curled-toe "Arabian" ruby slippers on display at the auction of the collection of Debbie Reynolds in Beverly Hills on June 18, 2011. The slippers were designed by Gilbert Adrian, MGM's chief costume designer. [8] [9] Initially, two pairs were made in different styles. The so-called "Arabian test pair" was "a wildly jeweled, Arabian motif ...
In 2001, the artists Mendi and Keith Obadike listed Keith's "blackness" for sale on eBay under the "Black Americana" category as part of an art project, "Blackness for Sale." [42] [43] [44] The act was seen as a comment on the commodification of racial identity [45] and as a reference to slave auctions. [46] The auction was eventually shut down ...
In 2013, Truman offered the shoes for sale through Grey Flannel Auctions, and the bidding began at US$5,000 before realizing a sale price of US$104,765. [1] The sale price of the shoes was a record price for game worn shoes at the time. [5] On June 14, 2023, the shoes were auctioned for a second time, this time on the auction site Goldin. [1]
In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music. Traditionally, in the twentieth century, they were created with Foley. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to ...
Online bidding started a month ago, with the slippers expected to fetch as much as $3m (£2.35m) at auction, according to Heritage Auctions - an under-estimate by $25m (£20m).