This picture actually sends shivers down my spine. It's one thing seeing the famous ruby slippers in their glittering glory on television, but seeing them like this just makes it hit home that someone could actually get their hands on a piece of Hollywood and pop culture history and it shouldn't be taken lightly. If we could afford them, believe me, we'd hotfoot it to the auction house and pit in a bid, but sadly we don't think anything we have to offer would suffice. I personally don't really think they should be sold either, which is the exact same way I feel about Marilyn Monroe's iconic white dress that used to live with Debbie Reynolds in Hollywood.
This pair of shoes (one of four actually used in The Wizard of Oz) is expected to fetch well over £1million; a pair of 'test shoes' (i.e. a pair they made for the movie that was never actually worn by Judy Garland) was sold for nearly £400,000 a few months ago so of course the shoes that Dorothy actually slipped into will go for a much higher price. They even have scuff mark from the famous "there's no place like home" heel clicking, which in my opinion, is priceless.
We hope that they will go to a loving and well deserving home, but ideally we'd like to see them in museum. One pair is currently on display at the Smithsonian so not all hope of laying eyes on them is entirely lost, but we wouldn't object to them being spread across museums worldwide.
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