What changed hands?
The Wicked Witch’s hat. The result belongs to this particular costume piece.
A silhouette with a sale record
The hat associated with Margaret Hamilton’s Wicked Witch appeared in the same Heritage auction as the ruby slippers. That shared setting makes this a useful companion story, while the objects remain distinct lots.
What the comparison can tell us
The slippers brought a higher reported result. The gap alone cannot isolate the effect of recognition, condition, or provenance. A ranking records the order of results, not a formula for pricing film costumes.
Read the number carefully
An auction result captures a particular object, a particular sale and the buyers competing on that occasion. It does not establish the value of every similar object, or what this one would sell for today.
Our selection keeps historical results separate from asking prices and estimates. Where the cited report does not break out fees, we say so rather than inventing a hammer price.
Sale documentation: Heritage Auctions · December 2024 results ↗
What does “source reviewed” mean?
We checked the published report against the amount and object listed here. That does not independently authenticate the object or confirm settlement of the transaction.
