Laura Young's hopes of turning a huge profit were dashed when she learned the marble bust had been looted from a German museum at the end of World War II.
Young, who works full time as a self-employed antiques dealer in Texas, suspected that the bust — depicting a downcast, straight-faced man brightened only by the yellow $34.99 price tag on his cheek — was far more special than his humble thrift store surroundings suggested.
Laura Young, an antiques dealer from Texas, bought a 52-pound bust at a Goodwill store for $35 in 2018. It turned out to be a 2,000 year-old Roman artifact. Young kept digging into the statue’s past, even as the piece itself became a fixture in her household. Early in what would turn into a years-long stay, Young and her husband named their new houseguest “Dennis” after the narcissistic dirtbag in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” one of their favorite TV shows. Like his full-bodied namesake, the bust was detached, uninterested.Advertisement
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