An anonymous donor is offering $1million reward for solid information that could lead to the pair of Judy Garland's sequined, ruby red slippers that were stolen from a museum in her Minnesota hometown.
The late actress wore the slippers in The Wizard of Oz.John Kelsch, the executive director of the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, said the donor is from Arizona and is a huge fan of Garland and the 1939 movie.
The reward offer requires the exact location of the slippers and the perpetrator's name.
The ten-year anniversary of the theft is coming up in August. The slippers were insured for $1million. Kelsch says they could be worth $2million to $3million by now.
Three other pairs still exist, including one on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
'Dorothy's magical shoes were 'silver slippers' in the 1900 novel written by L Frank Baum, however MGM's chief costume designer Gilbert Adrian changed it to 'ruby slippers' for Judy Garland to wear in their hit film,' according to JudyGarland'sRubySlippers.com.
'The decision was in order to take advantage of the gorgeous glitter effect on the slippers in their new advance in making Technicolor movies.'
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