The Story Behind the Thrift Shop Find of a Lifetime

Earlier this week, we mentioned Texas-based art collector, Laura Young, who found a unique marble bust for $34.99 at Goodwill four years ago.

• She had bought the seemingly fake statue as a decoration for her house, but as Laura looked closer, she couldn't help but think there might be more to its story.

🕵️‍♀️ Uncovering history... After meeting with art consultants and museums around the world, it turned out that Laura's find was worth a little more than 35 bucks.

• The bust is from Germany and was once installed in the courtyard of Pompejanum – a villa owned by the King of Aschaffenburg in the late 1st-century AD.

While no one is sure how the statue ended up in a Texas Goodwill, Laura is glad to have played "a small part of [its] long and complicated history." The sculpture is now on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art through May 2023, after which it'll be returned to Bavaria, Germany.