Sir John Gordon was a Scottish nobleman who lived from 1707 to 1783. In 1723, the French sculptor Edmé Bouchardon composed this bust of him. The statue was present around the family estate in the town of Invergordon, but was, at some point in the 1970s, disposed of by the estate. BBC News reports that it was rediscovered in 1998 being used as a doorstop in the nearby town of Balintore.
Legally, the antique belonged to the community at large, so the Invergordon Common Good Fund is offering it up for auction. It's valued at over $3 million USD.
-via My Modern Met