Texas woman buys 2,000-year-old sculpture for $34.99 at Goodwill

A Roman bust sold by a Goodwill store for $34.99 turned out to be a 2,000-year-old relic

Laura Young bought the 52-pound bust, which she named "Dennis Reynolds," in 2018 while bargain hunting at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas.

An ancient Roman bust was found at a Goodwill store for $34.99. It was purchased in Austin

When Laura Young found the bust in an Austin Goodwill, it had a $34.99 price tag slapped on its cheek. She strapped it in her car and took it home.

Woman finds ancient Roman bust at Texas Goodwill store

A woman in Texas who unknowingly bought an ancient Roman bust at Goodwill for $35 actually purchased a sculpture that went missing during World War II in Germany.

Goodwill sold a bust for $34.99. It’s an ancient Roman relic.

Next year, it will be returned to the Bavarian government under an agreement with Young. Read more at Boston.com.

Texas Woman Finds Roman Bust in Local Goodwill Store, It Will Be Returned to Germany

"I’ve found a lot of interesting things at Goodwill in the past."

Marble bust bought at Texas Goodwill store turns out to be centuries-old sculpture | CBC News

A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 US from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum after experts determined it was a centuries-old sculpture missing from Germany since the Second World War.