The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at an auction on Saturday. AP ...

The ruby slippers from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz are now the most expensive piece of film memorabilia in history. The shoes, worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the beloved film, sold at auction in ...

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File) ...

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” were stolen in 2005 and recovered in 2018. Garland wore several pairs in the movie, but only four pairs are known to have survived.

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File) ...

In the movie, to return from Oz to Kansas, Dorothy had to click her heels three times and repeat, “There’s no place like home.” Among those bidding will be the Judy Garland Museum.

DALLAS — 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 fetched $28 million in an auction Saturday.

In the movie, to return from Oz to Kansas, Dorothy had to click her heels three times and repeat, “There’s no place like home.” Among those bidding will be the Judy Garland Museum.

FILE – Sequin-covered ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” appear at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calif. on Nov. 9, 2001. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) ...