What price for a blue Bedford cord?

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:12 am

Cetainly not the $285,000 which was paid for the dress Judy Garland wore in the "Wizard of Oz".

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... 0427115952

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:39 pm

Wow, thats alot of dough! I wonder how many dresses were made for Judy Garland to wear while filming the Wizard of Oz? I recall reading that one of the many original pairs of ruby slippers was sold to a guy in California for $666,000.00 in 2000. Kinda makes you wonder if Lizzie's Bedford cord wasn't destroyed and was still around what it might be worth.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:23 pm

I saw that item on TV and I think they said there were 7 dresses. They said that was the highest amount paid for a movie costume.
Our local news commentator remarked that she thought the dress would have been "brighter." (I guess more colorful).

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:05 pm

Wow, I just saw a picture of the dress on another site, it looks positively gray!!!

I wonder if the dress faded over time (kinda' like the Bedford cord?) or if the Technicolor process made the dress look brighter in the movie than it ever was?