The auction of the iconic heels follows nearly two decades after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Minnesota

The auction house said in a news release that the slippers passed that number "within seconds" and that no other pair of ruby slippers has gone for close to that amount. The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939), Judy Garland "Dorothy Gale" Screen Matched Ruby Slippers.

Toto, I have a feeling these are some pretty special shoes. The legendary ruby slippers seen in the classic "Wizard of Oz" auctioned for millions.

The slippers, worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” were sold Saturday, nearly 20 years after they were stolen from a museum in Minnesota.

The “ruby slippers” worn by Judy Garland ’s Dorothy Gale in the classic 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz have sold at auction for an unprecedented fee. On Saturday (7 December), it was confirmed that the slippers had been bought for $28m (£22m),

A pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in "The Wizard of Oz" sold for a record $28 million at auction Saturday.

The sequined shoes, one of four surviving pairs from the 1939 movie musical, were once stolen from a Minnesota museum and later recovered by the FBI.

A pair of Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” which were stolen from a Minnesota museum almost 20 years ago, sold at auction for $28 million Saturday.