Woman pays $35 for 2000-year-old bust at Goodwill store

Laura Young with the Portrait of a man.
Laura Young with the Portrait of a man. Photo credit Image courtesy of Laura Young
By , NewsRadio 1080 KRLD

It's true, you never know what you'll find at a thrift store.

A 2,000-year-old bust of a Roman general that had been missing since World War II somehow ended up at a Goodwill store in Austin, Texas where a woman paid $34.99 for the "priceless" artifact.

Taking home the Portrait of a man after purchasing the bust at the Goodwill inAustin (left); Portrait of a man Roman, late 1st-century B.C.-early 1st century A.D. Marble (right)
Taking home the Portrait of a man after purchasing the bust at the Goodwill inAustin (left); Portrait of a man Roman, late 1st-century B.C.-early 1st century A.D. Marble (right) Photo credit Image courtesy of Laura Young / Lent by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes

Laura Young said she found the bust under a table at the store in 2018. Curious about it, she started to do a little research online and found it was more valuable than she thought. It turns out it was looted from a museum in Germany that had been bombed during the war.

Young made a deal with Germany to take back the bust, the terms of which are confidential. But before it makes the 5,300-mile trek back to Europe, it'll be on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art.

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