Shaw rejected the museum’s offer to store them in a vault each night because he didn’t want people handling the delicate shoes by moving them daily, he said in the 2016 documentary, “The Slippers.” Memorabilia collector Michael Shaw loaned the slippers to the Judy Garland Museum for Grand Rapids’ annual “Wizard of Oz” festival in 2005. They’re an enduring symbol of the power of belief,” Grand Rapids Police Chief Scott Johnson said.
“They’re more than just a pair of shoes, the slippers. The long-lost slippers were shown to reporters Tuesday at the FBI’s Minneapolis headquarters in a news conference conducted in reverential tones, with repeated references to rainbows and the memorable quote “there’s no place like home.” It reflects culture, it holds our memories, it reflects our values.”
“This type of cultural property is important to us as a society. “These types of offenses not only deprive the owner of their property, but all of us,” Myers said. “There’s a certain romance in these types of schemes, sometimes sophistication, but at the end of the day it’s a theft,” Myers said. This summer, the shoes were seized in an undercover operation in Minneapolis, the FBI said. Finally, a tip last summer led law enforcement outside Minnesota, and the FBI got involved. The theft sparked years of rumors and dead-end leads. Investigators haven't said whether the slippers were clicked together three times before finding their way home.Law enforcement showed off the recovered shoes on Tuesday, WCCO The FBI has a press conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. He sold the pair to Shaw for $2,000, along with one of Dorothy's dresses, a witch's hat and a Munchkin outfit. In 1970, a costumer named Kent Warner found them and sold off several pairs of the slippers. The insurance company sued Shaw, the museum and its director to avoid making that payout Newsweek reports the parties settled in 2007, with Shaw receiving $800,000.ĭespite the slippers' evident value and desirability, several pairs sat for years unnoticed in storage on the MGM lot. Minnesota Public Radio says the shoes were insured for $1 million. "Other people speculated that Shaw had paid someone to steal the shoes-perhaps replicas-so that he could collect insurance," according to the magazine. A memorabilia collector named Michael Shaw had loaned the slippers to the museum, which is located in a house where Garland grew up - and he said he was among those questioned by authorities. Neither the Garland museum's alarm system or video surveillance system were working at the time of the 2005 theft, which Newsweek reported led some people to suspect it was an inside job. The Two-Way Save The Ruby Slippers: Smithsonian Seeks Funds To Preserve Dorothy's Shoes
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