$35 Goodwill statue turns out to be priceless Roman bust

Roman bust found in Goodwill store (video screenshot)

(OREGON LIVE) – A priceless work of Roman art went missing after World War II — until it was sold for $34.99 at a Goodwill store in Texas.

The marble bust, titled simply “Portrait of a man,” was sculpted some time in the 1st century B.C. or early A.D., according to the San Antonio Museum of Art, where it is on display as of May 4.

How it traveled 2,000 years and untold miles to a resale store in Austin is a mystery only partially unraveled.

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