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Ruby slippers from ’Wizard of Oz’ for sale nearly 2 decades after they were stolen

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Online bidding has started and will continue through Dec. 7 , Heritage Auctions in Dallas announced Monday .

The sequin-and-bead-bedazzled slippers are one of several pairs Garland wore during the filming of the 1939 musical.

They were stolen in 2005 by a man convinced they were adorned with real jewels.

The man who stole the slippers was 76 when he was sentenced in January to time served.

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