The marble looked old and chipped, but there was something about the bust in the Texas Goodwill that struck Laura Young as remarkable. So Young, an Austin antiques dealer, acted on her hunch in 2018. She had an employee remove the 52-pound piece from the floor of the northwest Austin thrift store, purchased it for $34.99 and took it home.
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The marble looked old and chipped, but there was something about the bust in the Texas Goodwill that struck Laura Young as remarkable. So Young, an Austin antiques dealer, acted on her hunch in 2018. She had an employee remove the 52-pound piece from the floor of the northwest Austin thrift store, purchased it for $34.99 and took it home.
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