You don't know what a fanatic Judy Garland fan or an Oz fanatic is capable of. They think they want to have them, even if they have to keep them at some sort of twisted altar someplace down in the basement.
You wouldn't believe it when you go around to some of these festivals. Some people are fanatic about them - they are obsessed with these shoes. To me, it was well planned. Some fanatic may have even paid someone to take them.