Elizabeth Montgomery Owned & Worn 1960's Silk Taffeta Dress Costumer Kent Warner

Description

This is a very nice 1960's Gold Silk Taffeta Short Sleeve Dress that was owned & worn By Legendary Actress Elizabeth Montgomery. It is in very good condition for the age. This item is from the Pers
onal collection of late costumer and wardrobe man Kent Warner. He is best known for liberating the ruby slippers from the 1970 MGM Costume and Prop Sale. The winner of this item will receive a typed letter signed in ink on typewriter paper stating how he worked in the industry and met and became close friends with "Liz" who gave him this Dress to add to his collection.
This is a beautiful item from a One of the Most Beloved TV Icons, Don't Miss it!
Kent Phillip Warner
(March 8, 1943 – April 25, 1984, age: 41 years) was a costume designer, best known for acquiring the ruby slippers from the film
The Wizard of Oz
prior to the 1970 MGM Auction. He is known to have found four pairs used in the film, (of five pairs that have surfaced). One pair he sold to memorabilia collector Michael Shaw in 1970 for ,500. These ruby slippers were later stolen from the JG Museum near Garland's birthplace in Minnesota. sometime between August 27–28, 2005. Speculation persists that it was an inside job as the alarms did not sound. They have been recovered
since.
Of the several pairs of ruby slippers Warner found on the MGM backlot while assisting to set up the wardrobe auction of May 1970, one pair became a centerpiece of the auction. He later sold all but one of the other pairs, keeping for himself the size 5B pair, believed to have been worn by JG for static and closeup shots, which were in the best condition of the known pairs. He later sold them through Christie's East in 1981 for ,000.