In 1970, MGM's wardrobe department decided to auction off their props and costumes. Kent Warner, gave one pair of Judy Garland's ruby slippers to be auctioned and he stole the rest. A collector named Michael Shaw ended up with a pair and eventually loaned them to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, MN, but they were stolen in 2005. There were many theories about what happened to the shoes, but they were located and recovered by the FBI in 2018.
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