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Woman Snags Priceless Roman Bust For $35 At Texas Thrift Shop

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By Tyler Durden – May 8, 2022

In 2018, an antique dealer with a good eye snagged a 2,200-year-old Roman bust at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas for just $35, after going into the thrift store “hoping to find something cool.”

An independent antique and vintage dealer, she told the BBC she went into the thrift store “hoping to find something cool”.

On closer examination in the sunlight, the bust looked like it could be “really, really old”, she said. She did a quick Google search for Roman marble busts and thought they looked similar. -BBC

It looked “really, really old” said Laura Young, who snapped a picture of the Roman bust sitting in the passenger seat of her car after the purchase.

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