A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” sold at auction Saturday for $28 million.

A pair of the iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" fetched a winning bid of $28 million at auction ...

A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago ...

The slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” were stolen from the museum that bears her name in 2005 before ...

A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million US ($40 million Cdn) at auction ...

A few bidders making offers by phone volleyed back and forth for 15 minutes as the price climbed to the final, eye-popping ...

One of the pairs of "ruby slippers" used in 1939's "Wizard of Oz" will be auctioned Saturday. The shoes were stolen from ...

A pair of the famous ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore during the filming of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz sold for a whopping ...

Heritage Auctions had estimated that they would fetch $3 million or more. They were on display at the Judy Garland Museum in ...

A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ...

A few bidders making offers by phone volleyed back and forth for 15 minutes as the price climbed to the final, eye-popping ...

Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' and stolen from museum sell at auction for $28 million DALLAS -- Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' and stolen from ...