The slippers were returned to Shaw in February 2024. That December, they went up for auction.
The winning bid was $28 million. With fees, the buyer paid $32.5 million, a record for entertainment memorabilia.
One author who wrote a book about the shoes said they had seen “more twists and turns than the Yellow Brick Road.”
Shaw had paid $2,000 for them. A thief stole them for the rubies, which turned out to be glass. And on the night they vanished, the thief left behind a single red sequin.
