The items sat in a locked storage unit for years, discovered only when the vendor went to dump the items in a landfill, where a worker found and rescued them.
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The collection, including an oil painting of the former Prime Minister (pictured) and a bronze bust of US President Ronald Reagan, was locked away in a storage unit and forgotten about.