A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” sit on display at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. AP.

One of the pairs of "ruby slippers" used in 1939's "Wizard of Oz" will be auctioned Saturday. The shoes were stolen from Minnesota's Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and found years later.

FILE - Sequin-covered ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" appear at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calif. on Nov. 9, 2001.

One of four pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" are on the auction block next month after they were stolen in 2005.

A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 million Saturday.

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz,” are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen) By ...

Judy Garland Museum starts campaign to buy back iconic ruby slippers 04:20. A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" are on the auction block nearly two decades after a ...

Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.

Over at Heritage Auctions, a pair of the Ruby Slippers worn on-screen by Garland in the classic MGM musical fantasy film, are up for auction with a current (as of this article’s writing) bid of ...

'Wizard of Oz' ruby slippers to go on display for fans nearly 20 years after being stolen Slippers recovered after 2005 robbery in Minnesota, Wicked Witch hat will also hit auction.

While the ruby slippers are a cinematic icon and a symbol of classic Hollywood filmmaking, the silver shoes might have a deeper meaning.A 1964 scholarly article about The Wizard of Oz argues that ...