{"id":369648,"date":"2025-11-10T17:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369648\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:32:17","slug":"dallas-heritage-auctions-selling-witch-hat-from-the-wizard-of-oz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369648\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas\u2019 Heritage Auctions selling witch hat from \u2018The Wizard of Oz\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in time for the theatrical release of Wicked: For Good, fans will get a chance to own memorabilia from the 1939 original film, The Wizard of Oz, and one item is especially witchy.<\/p>\n

Dallas\u2019 Heritage Auctions is putting an iconic black hat that Margaret Hamilton wore as the Wicked Witch of the West up for sale. The wool hat is quite large, measuring nearly 14-inches high with a 19.5-inch diameter brim. It also has a 22-inch elastic chin strap worn by Hamilton during flying scenes to keep it secure.<\/p>\n

Designed by costume designer Adrian Adolph Greenburg, who went by Gilbert Adrian professionally, the hat was put to use after filming began because the one originally chosen didn\u2019t appear scary enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Dorothy Gale becomes Dorothy of Oz, it\u2019s when she puts on the ruby slippers,\u201d said Joe Maddalena, EVP of Heritage Auctions. \u201cWhen the Wicked Witch becomes the Wicked Witch, she puts on the hat. So it\u2019s this transformational moment of the birth of the witch. I think the importance of the hat is just incredible. It\u2019s on par with the slippers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Heritage will hold the auction Dec. 9 and 10, both online and at its Dallas headquarters.<\/p>\n

Also hitting the auction block are a The Wizard of Oz book signed by Garland, who also wrote a lengthy inscription. It has autographs by other main cast members, including Toto\u2019s actual paw prints. The book was gifted to the daughter of Garland\u2019s on-set tutor at the time.<\/p>\n

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This combination of images shows the dress and ruby slippers, the costume for the character Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz.”<\/p>\n

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Two different versions of Dorothy\u2019s ruby slippers will be auctioned. One, a right-foot shoe worn by Garland during rehearsals, is adorned with crimson-burgundy glass bugle beads. A replica of the ruby slippers made by Western Costume Company for the film\u2019s 50th anniversary, will also be for sale. The latter were made using Garland\u2019s original shoe form and have red sequins and rhinestone bows. These shoes, said Maddalena, \u201care as close as you\u2019re ever going to get to owning a pair of ruby slippers that weren\u2019t screen-used.\u201d<\/p>\n

A handwritten letter written by Oz author Frank Baum on personal stationary and an organza blouse worn on screen by Garland will also sell. The blouse has a tag with \u201cJudy Garland\u201d handwritten on the label.<\/p>\n

Last year, Heritage sold a different pair of ruby slippers<\/a> from the film for $28 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/a>Gilligan\u2019s shirt, Fonz\u2019s jacket: Dallas\u2019 Heritage Auctions offers iconic TV items<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oct. 24 sale also includes outfits from \u201cBatman\u201d and \u201cStar Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Auction items on display and up for bid include jerseys, rings and other exclusive items signed and worn by some of the biggest names in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just in time for the theatrical release of Wicked: For Good, fans will get a chance to own…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":369649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,132419,53,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-369648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-heritage-auctions","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115526602243694951","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}