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Stolen Roman bust found in Goodwill shop

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This undated photo shows a marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store that is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since World War II. The bust, which art collector Laura Young found at Goodwill in 2018, once belonged in the collection of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, according to the San Antonio Museum of Art, which is temporarily displaying the piece until it is returned to Germany next year. (San Antonio Museum of Art via AP) (San Antonio Museum of Art)

A stolen early Roman bust was purchased for $34.99 at an Austin Goodwill thrift shop. It is suspected to be the image of either Drusus Germanicus or Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey the Great.

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Bust on its way home after purchase at the Goodwill store, price tag on its cheek.

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Bust taking necessary COVID precautions while its origin was being investigated.

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The bust is on temporary loan at the San Antonio museum and will be returned to Germany next year.

 

https://www.local10.com/news/weird-news/2022/05/06/goodwill-find-in-texas-turns-out-to-be-ancient-roman-bust/?outputType=amp

 

 

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