decades later of Find, the blue and white checkered gingham dress worn by Judy Garland in 1939 for Ha role like Dorothy in The movie “Wizard of Oz ‘was last found ready to work off next A month until the judge blocked its sale.
Donated to the Catholic University of USA in 1973 for the actress Mercedes Cambridge but she later disappeared.
“fast forward To COVID-19, retired professor He was going through some boxes in for him office. And here’s the dress, said Helen Hall, ” director of Popular culture at Bonhams auctions in Los Angeles.
auction house The movie said studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has not kept records about movie’s costumes But five dresses have appeared since the movie was released in 1939. Someone is lost in a fireAnd there are only four left of Famous blue and white gingham outfits.
Auctioneer listed Bonhams as a pre-sale estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million for the dress before pulling it off.
But US District Judge Paul Gardevi in Granted Manhattan movement for Preliminary injunction after hearing in A lawsuit filed by a relative of Father Gilbert Hartke, who I worked at the university and got the dress in 1973.
Matt Hartke in 1986; His niece Barbara Ann Hartke, 81, has filed a lawsuit against School and auction earlier this month then media Calculations that the dress was going up for auction.
She said in her lawsuit that the dress, as her uncle’s closest surviving relative, belonged to her. she says It was given to him as a character gift by actor mercedes cambridge.
According to her lawsuit, the university “has no interest in the property.” in The dress… There are no documents to prove that the deceased donated the dress formally or unofficially to the Catholic University. “
In filing an objection to the application for action for In the injunction, the school’s lawyers said that as a Dominican priest, Hartke vowed to “never accept gifts in Personality ‘Therefore the dress cannot be considered a part of any drug.
Catholic University officials said the dress had disappeared for After decades of giving it to Hartaki, then head of Drama section.
Garland wore several versions of The dress while filming of The movie; Auctioneer Bonhams said: one found At the Catholic University was one of Two still wear the blouse that came with him, and that Garland wore it in the scene in the castle of The evil wich of the West.
Bonhams was not comment.
In the lawyers statement for The university said, “We look at forward To present our position, and conclusive evidence contrary to Ms. Hartke’s claim, to court in the classroom of This litigation.”
Seeking email comment He was sent to Hartke’s lawyer.
