$1m offer for wizard of Oz ruby red slippers

A photo shows one of the four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for credible information leading to a pair of the sequined shoes stolen from a museum 10 years ago.
An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for credible information leading to the pair of Judy Garland’s sequined, ruby red slippers stolen from a museum in her Minnesota hometown.

The late actress wore the slippers in “The Wizard of Oz.” Three other pairs still exist, including one on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.



John Kelsch, executive director of the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., says the donor is from Arizona and is a huge fan of Garland and the 1939 movie.

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Margaret Pellegrini (r.) and Clarence Swensen, two of the munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz," talk about working with the late Judy Garland on the film at the new Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapis, Minn.

The reward offer requires the exact location of the slippers and the perpetrator’s name. The 10-year anniversary of the theft is in August. The slippers were insured for $1 million. Kelsch says they could be worth $2 million to $3 million now.