The Most Famous Shoes in the World - Going Once, Going Twice
The actual ruby slippers Judy Garland clicked together to send her character Dorothy back to Kansas in "The Wizard of Oz" are to be auctioned off in December. Replicas and stunt shoes have been sold off in the past, but now bosses at California auction house Profiles in History have acquired the most famous footwear in Hollywood. The slippers will be the highlight lot at the three-day Icons of Hollywood auction, which will take place December 15-17. A spokeswoman for the auction house says, "There are four pairs of screen-used ruby slippers known to have survived the 70 years since the making of 'The Wizard of Oz.' One pair is the center piece of the Icons of American Culture exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and is one of the most asked about artifacts at the museum. "So viewed are these slippers that the carpet in front of them has had to be replaced numerous times due to the crush of shoes t...