DALLAS — If you ever wanted to own a piece of memorabilia from “The Wizard of Oz,” now is your chance.

What You Need To Know

  • Heritage Auctions in Dallas is auctioning memorabilia from "The Wizard of Oz"

  • Among the items up for auction are one of four surviving ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland and a hat worn by Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West

  • The slippers were famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota. They are said to be the highest quality pair 

  • Also up for auction is "Wilson" from "Cast Away" and a signed wooden hoverboard from "Back to the Future Part II"

Heritage Auctions is offering one of the four pairs of surviving ruby slippers from the 1939s classic movie, along with the hat worn by Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch of the West during the “Arrival in Munchkinland” sequence. The auction takes place Dec. 7.

This pair of ruby slippers was famously stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in 2005 and recovered by the FBI in 2018. According to The Associated Press, the pair are “believed to be the highest quality of all of them — they were the ones used in close-ups of Dorothy clicking her heels.” The Wicked Witch’s hat was part of Michael Shaw’s Hollywood on Tour during the 1980s and ’90s. Shaw got it from collector Kent Warner, who discovered the ruby slippers at the historic David Weisz Co. MGM Auction in 1970.

“This is the finest example of the Wicked Witch’s hat known to exist,” Auctions Executive Vice President Joe Maddalena said. “The ruby slippers and Wicked Witch’s hat stand at the pinnacle of Hollywood history. The ruby slippers embody magic and innocence that resonate far beyond film, representing a true cultural icon. Meanwhile, the Wicked Witch’s hat adds an edge of cinematic legend to this auction. Together, they offer collectors a rare connection to 'The Wizard of Oz.' Yet these are only a fraction of the treasures in this unprecedented event. It’s a truly once-in-a-lifetime auction that profoundly, sincerely celebrates film and television history.”

You can also bid on the screen door from Dorothy's Kansas home, the gloves actor Bert Lahr wore as the Cowardly Lion and producer Mervyn LeRoy's copy of the "Wizard of Oz" script from the MGM art department. 

There are items up for auction from other movies as well. You'll find a screen-matched "Wilson" from "Cast Aways," Peter Fonda's stars-and-stripes "Captain America" motorcycle helmet from "Easy Rider," and the "BAT-1/GOTHAM CITY" license plate from the '60s TV Batmobile.

Fans can bid on the "flying" wooden hoverboard used in "Back to the Future Part II." It's signed by actor Michael J. Fox and writer-producer Bob Gale.