Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' sell at auction for $28 million скачать в хорошем качестве

Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' sell at auction for $28 million

(8 Dec 2024) ASSOCIATED PRESS London - 27 November 2024 1. Pull out auction signage 2. Medium reporter films ruby slippers 3. Close tilt ruby slippers on stand 4. Pull out "The Wizard of Oz" film posters to ruby slippers, as Nikki Hale walks 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Hale, Heritage Auctions - on the auction estimate of the ruby slippers: "These are very, very special, very legendary and very rare in a lot of ways. Not only just that they're still with us after 80 years, and Judy wore them herself, but the fact they're in such good shape, the fact that they were gone and now they're recovered." 6. Close up ruby slippers in Nikki Hale's hands 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Shaw, private collector: "You've heard the word magic, but it was almost as if the shoes started to gleam when I saw them returned to the spotlight. It was like they were saying, Thank you, thank you, thank you." 8. Close up ruby slippers in Nikki Hale's hands 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Shaw, private collector: "And now I'm just thinking, let some other lucky person have possession, with the hope that whoever buys them will at least loan them to a museum so that people can can see them." 10. Pull out book, "The Wonder-ful Wizard of Oz" 11. Close up ruby slippers on stand 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Shaw, private collector: "And of course, as you know in the book, they were silver, silver shoes. But for technicolor, L.B. Mayer said, 'got to have a good color and Burgundy was the color they chose'." 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Hale, Heritage Auctions: "Listen, 'The Wizard of Oz' is universally known. I've taken these slippers everywhere. I've taken them to Tokyo, I've taken them to New York, now London. And people immediately know what they are. When you look at red shoes and you see sequins, you think of 'The Wizard of Oz.' And it means a lot to people emotionally when they're sitting down and watching the movie, it sometimes brings back memories of their parents or their grandmothers and doing all of that. So there's a lot of emotion to the slippers as well." 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Shaw, private collector: 'The Wizard of Oz' means to me what it does to millions of other people. It means home, love, security, and all the things that go with feeling warm and cuddly." 15. Push in film posters 16. Medium Nikki Hale holds Wicked Witch of the West hat next to ruby slippers, for photographer 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikki Hale, Heritage Auctions: "It was one of those things that happened and, you know, the universe smiles upon us every now and again, and we're very lucky. 'Wicked' is a wonderful movie, and it has really brought the Oz fans to life and they come and visit us and see the slippers and they're just as excited about the slippers as they are to see 'Wicked'. So we're very lucky. It was great timing and we couldn't be happier." 18. Various, "Avengers" memorabilia 19. Push in Wonka's Golden Ticket from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 20. Pull out of Wicked Witch of the West hat 21. Push into photo of Judy Garland as Dorothy 22. Wide pan auction display AP VIDEO SHOT BY: Adam Egan PRODUCTION: Martina Inchingolo STORYLINE: 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 $32.5 million at auction Saturday. Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million. Online bidding, which opened last month, had stood at $1.55 million before live bidding began late Saturday afternoon. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...