Image courtesy of Anthony Landini

Image courtesy of John Henson


Image courtesy of Anthony Landini


Image courtesy of John Henson


Dorothy's Shoes
Shoe Size: 6B
Shoe Construction: Red silk faille, covered with hand sequined georgette and lined in white kid leather.  Inside the right shoe is a cloth label, reading "Innes Shoe Co., Los Angeles, Hollywood, Pasadena." 
Manufacturers Production #: E58 68
Bows: 46 rhinestones, surrounding 42 bugle beads and three large red rectangular stones.  The bow itself is cut out of strap leather, 1/8" thick and dyed red.
Soles: The soles are painted red and have orange felt glued on the front foundation.  This was done to prevent noise while walking during the filming of the movie.  There are black rubber caps on each heel that at one time had been painted red.
Where in the movie? In most probability, these shoes were used during the dancing and skipping parts of the movie.
Where did they come from? Roberta Bauman won these shoes in a movie contest in 1940 and kept them for 48 years. 

On June 21st, 1988 she auctioned them at Christie's East in New York.  The new owner was Mr. Anthony Landini who purchased the shoes for $165,000.00.

On May 24, 2000 the shoes were purchased again, this time by David Elkouby of Los Angeles, California for $600,000.00.  By the time the Christie's commision had been paid the total zoomed up to $666,000.00, nearing three quarters of a million dollars!