First Garland recordings for sale

Garland made her name in 1939's Wizard Of Oz

The earliest known recordings of Judy Garland singing are expected to fetch $40,000 (£20,354) at auction.

The discs were made in 1935 in a Hollywood recording studio and feature Garland, then aged 12, accompanied by her mother playing the piano.

The two recordings were found during a clearout of a house once owned by the Wizard of Oz star.

The discs, thought destroyed, will be sold at Bonhams and Butterfields in Los Angeles on 17 December.

One disc records Garland singing Bill from the musical Showboat and the other is a medley of Good Ship Lollypop, Object of My Affections and Dinah.

The auctioneers said the recordings have never been heard by the public.

It is still unclear whether the acetate discs were originals pressed that day or pressed later for Garland's personal library.

Garland, who died in 1969, was ranked by the American Film Institute as number eight in its greatest female stars of all time list.