It was resting on the floor, under a table, and had a yellow price tag slapped on its cheek: US$34.99.Turns out, it was not just another heavy stone curio suitable for plunking in the garden.
Next year, it will be returned to the Bavarian government under an agreement with Ms Young that ended her own complex relationship with the ancient artefact, which she had kept on a credenza in her living room for the past 3 1/2 years. When Young, a dealer of antique and vintage goods, first spotted the bust, as reported by public radio station KUT in Austin and The Art Newspaper, she knew it was probably valuable.
The Pompejanum was heavily damaged by Allied bombing in 1944 and 1945, and although some of its objects survived, others disappeared, Ms Amineddoleh said.
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