A woman was shopping at Goodwill and had no clue she bought a Roman artifact dating from the first century B.C. or A.D. alabamanewsnetwork
An ancient Roman bust that went on display at a museum in San Antonio, Texas this week has a peculiar backstory: In 2018, the bust was bought at a Goodwill store in Austin, Texas. The buyer, Laura Young, was shopping for objects to resell and had no clue she picked up an artifact dating from the first century BC or AD.
The bust sat in a display called Pompejanum, which was built by Ludwig I of Bavaria, and during World War II, severely damaged by allied bombers. The bust disappeared after that.The sculpture had mysteriously disappeared after Aschaffenburg was targeted. The U.S. military remained in the area until the end of the Cold War and it is believed an American soldier had the bust and brought it back to Texas, the museum says.Young picked up the ancient Roman bust for just $34.
The bust had once resided inside a full-scale model of a house from Pompeii in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Somehow, it ended up at Goodwill in Texas – and sold for just $34.99. After noticing how old and worn it looked, Young was curious about its origin, the museum said in a news release. She embarked on a yearslong journey, talking to experts in the classics and art history departments at the University of Texas at Austin. She also called auction houses across the U.S.
"There were a few months of intense excitement after that, but it was bittersweet since I knew I couldn't keep or sell the ," Young said."Either way, I'm glad I got to be a small part of long and complicated history, and he looked great in the house while I had him."
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