Billy Jamieson

He was also a world-famous dealer of tribal art, described as having "a taste for the bizarre",[3] and as "Indiana Jones meets Gene Simmons".

[5] Jamieson came to international prominence when he discovered the lost mummy of pharaoh Ramses I following his purchase of the then defunct Niagara Falls Museum.

[6][7] He lived in a three-storey, 6,000 square feet (560 m2) downtown Toronto loft which doubled as a museum housing thousands of his acquired treasures.

Jamieson died at his home on his 57th birthday, the same day his acquisition of the alleged head of Saint Vitalis of Assisi was completed.

[4][6] His multifaceted collection, housed in his Toronto loft, which also functioned as a museum,[8] included electric chairs, mummies, torture devices, and shrunken heads, among others, and his Halloween parties there have been described as "legendary".

"[9] The loft is 14 feet (4.3 m) high, featuring red walls, and a curved staircase connecting the three wooden floors.

[6] Ramses's mummy was subsequently sold to the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia for USD 2 million.