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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Jun 11, 2014 17:55:55 GMT 9.5
Oz-sessed! Wizard of Oz superfan has more than 10,000 pieces of memorabilia worth half a MILLION dollars - including a pair of replica ruby slippers
Walter Krueger, 28, from near Chicago, Il., believes he has one of the world's biggest collections of Oz memorabilia
The shop manager's collection includes a first edition of the book and a coat worn in the 1939 Judy Garland film Mr Krueger, who first saw the film when he was five, now wants to turn his 10,000-piece collection into a museum
By STEPH COCKROFT PUBLISHED: 21:37 AEST, 10 June 2014 | UPDATED: 21:53 AEST, 10 June 2014Watching Dorothy Gale skip down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City was a magical moment in most people's childhood. But for one man, that moment was the start of an obsession - which has now led to him having one of the world's biggest collections of Wizard Of Oz memorabilia. Walter Krueger, 28, from near Chicago, Il., became so enchanted with the adventures of Dorothy and her friends that he spent the past two decades filling his house with Oz characters, clothes and artwork - which he says are now worth more than half a million dollars. Read More: Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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