Billy Jamieson

William Jamieson (3 July 1954 – 3 July 2011) was a Canadian treasure and antique dealer and reality TV star. Jamieson was also known as the Headhunter. and as "Indiana Jones meets Gene Simmons".

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. He dealt in a diverse array of curios, including mummies and shrunken heads, and his clientele included the Royal Ontario Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sotheby's, Christie's, and rock stars such as Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler.

He lived in a three-storey, downtown Toronto loft which doubled as a museum housing thousands of his acquired treasures. The Halloween parties at the loft have been described as "legendary", while his guests at the place included Tyler and Tim Burton. 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. The head was acquired for €3,500. included electric chairs, mummies, torture devices, and shrunken heads, among others, and his Halloween parties there have been described as "legendary". which housed his extensive collection of curiosities, has been described as "...part Madame Tussauds, part Twilight Zone, as interpreted by Tamara de Lempicka." The loft is high, featuring red walls, and a curved staircase connecting the three wooden floors.

After his death, his collection was auctioned off. Auction items included a piece of Jumbo's tusk, an electric chair, and a "butt in a box".

Niagara Falls museum The mummy of Ramses I was found by Jamieson after the purchase of the Niagara Falls Museum. In 1999, Jamieson bought the then closed Niagara Falls Museum after having a drink of opium tea. One of the mummies in the museum was later verified to be the mummy of pharaoh Ramses I, the founder of ancient Egypt's 19th dynasty. The Carlos Museum on their website did not mention that they acquired the mummy from Jamieson. On 29 April 2014, items from Jamieson's collection were auctioned off by Jamieson's fiancée through Waddington’s auction house; a parallel online auction ran the same week between Monday and Thursday, through the same auctioneers.