A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard Of Ozhave bought at public sale for $28m (£21m).

The sneakers are certainly one of 4 surviving pairs made for the 1939 basic movie, and have become probably the most useful film memorabilia ever bought at public sale, in response to public sale home Heritage Auctions.

The customer will reportedly pay an extra $4.5m (£3.4m) to the Dallas-based public sale home, bringing the ultimate value to $32.5m (£25.4m), in response to the Related Press.

Heritage Auctions had estimated that the sneakers would fetch $3m or extra, however the fast-paced bidding outpaced that quantity inside seconds and tripled inside minutes.

Curiosity within the merchandise coincides with the recognition of the movie adaptation of Depraved, a prequel of The Wizard Of Ozthat reimagines the character of the Depraved Witch of the West.

The identical pair of sparkly crimson heels made headlines in 2005 after they had been stolen from the Judy Garland Museum within the actress’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, by Terry Jon Martin.

Their whereabouts remained a thriller till the FBI recovered them in 2018. Martin, now 77, wasn’t publicly uncovered because the thief till he was charged in Could 2023.

It’s believed he stole the sneakers after being informed they had been made with actual jewels, solely to be informed later the rubies had been fabricated from glass.

Martin pleaded responsible and was sentenced to time served due to his poor well being.

After the slippers bought, the auctioneer informed bidders and spectators that the earlier report for a chunk of leisure memorabilia was $5.52m (£4.3m), for the white costume Marilyn Monroe wore in The Seven Yr Itch that blew up when she stood over a subway grate.

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One other pair of ruby slippers bought in 2000 for $666,000 (£521,000), Heritage Auctions mentioned. In 2012, Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio paid $2m (£1.5m) for one more pair and donated them to the Academy Museum of Movement Photos in LA.

Different items of memorabilia from The Wizard Of Oz, together with a hat worn by Margaret Hamilton, who performed the unique Depraved Witch of the West, had been additionally bought on Saturday.

The hat fetched $2.4m (£1.8m), with the client paying a complete of $2.93m.