The Wizard of Oz Judy Garland’s dress is expected to fetch up to $1.2 million at auction | News about Ant-Man & Art

A dress worn by Dorothy in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz is expected to sell for up to $1.2 million (£935,000) at auction.

The dress was worn by the famous Hollywood actress Judy Garland in the scene where Dorothy faced the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizarding Castle.

The blue and white gingham print dress is one of only two dresses worn by Garland in the film with a white blouse attached.

The other earned more than 1.5 million dollarsjust over £1 million at the time, at Bonhams in New York in 2015.

The second dress is estimated to sell for between $800,000 (£620,000) and $1.2 million (£935,000) when it went up for auction at the Bonhams Classic Hollywood: Film and Television sale in Los Angeles. Angeles on May 24.

The dress is being sold by the Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

It was originally presented by Mercedes McCambridge, a Hollywood actress and artist who resides at the university, to the former dean of the university’s drama department, Reverend Gilbert Hartke, in 1973.

After going missing in the 1980s, the costume was recently discovered, and the proceeds from the sale will benefit the drama division.

Helen Hall, director of popular culture at Bonhams in Los Angeles, said:: “This dress has an incredible history and Bonhams is honored to be a part of its journey.

“The key costumes in this iconic film rarely make it to the auction market and to be able to pinpoint the scene where this was worn by Judy Garland is thrilling.”

The Cowardly Lion costume from the movie sold for almost $3.1 million, about £2 million at the time, in 2014.