Jerry Hal Saliterman was allegedly involved in the theft of one of Judy Garland's ruby slippers from a museum in 2005. Prosecutors say he died Sunday.

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This storied pair was stolen, lost, and rediscovered, before landing on the auction block. The Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz, stolen in a museum heist in 2005 and recovered in 2018, sold for $32 ...

Ruby Red Handed: Stealing America’s Most Famous Pair of Shoes dropped Aug. 26. Read about how the slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz were stolen in 2005 and found 13 years later.

With Wicked-mania sweeping the globe, everyone in an Oz state of mind. Apparently, some folks are so much in an Oz state of mind they are willing to put down $28 million dollars for a pair of Judy ...

A thief involved with the stolen ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” has died before going to trial. Jerry Hal Saliterman, 77, of Crystal, Minnesota was due to plead guilty in ...

There's no place like auction! Judy Garland’s iconic ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz went under the hammer. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at a live auction in Dallas, Texas. Surpassing their estimate by ...

There's no place like auction! Judy Garland’s iconic ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz went under the hammer. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at a live auction in Dallas, Texas. Surpassing their estimate by ...

A pair of ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in the iconic film, “The Wizard of Oz,” were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago. They’ve now sold for a winning bid of $28 million at ...

Wizard of Oz fans watched in awe as the iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland sold at Heritage Auctions yesterday for an astounding $32.5 million. This is not the only pair used in the film ...