If you've ever wanted to own a piece of Hollywood history, now's your chance.

A pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers are up for auction.

And just like Dorothy, this pair of shoes has been on its own long and very strange journey.

Special correspondent Megan Thompson explains for our arts and culture series, Canvas.

It's too late. There they are and there they'll stay.

Dorothy's Ruby Slippers,

some of the most iconic movie memorabilia of all time,

worn by actor Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.

You know, it's such a story of promise and hope.

Frank Sinatra said, we will all be forgotten.

All of us, but not Judy.

And I think he was right on.

John Couch has made preserving Garland's legacy his life's work

as the curator of the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota,

a small city three hours north of Minneapolis.

Judy Garland's parents owned this house for seven years. Born Francis Ethel Gumm in 1922, Garland

lived here until she was four and got her start performing at a local theater. More than 10,000

fans make the trek each year to visit her childhood home and the museum.

The slippers were exhibited on top of this pedestal.

Over the years, the museum displayed a pair of the famous ruby slippers, loaned from a Hollywood memorabilia collector named Michael Shaw.

In August 2005, the slippers were at the museum for the fourth time when everything

was shattered. So he used a handheld sledgehammer. A thief in the night smashed the glass

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