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Son 'Relieved' To Tell Cops Of Dad's Stolen Artifacts

June 11, 2009 - 10:11am — Lee Hadden

National Public Radio had an interesting story on the air yesterday, concerning stolen books.

All Things Considered, June 10, 2009 · From the 1960s until his death in 2007, collectibles dealer John Sisto amassed the largest private collection of manuscripts, ancient books, artifacts and antiquities in his suburban Chicago home. Trouble is, much of it was stolen.

According to the FBI, Sisto bought the looted items from a third party. The FBI's art-crime team has now turned 1,600 of the items over to the Italian government for repatriation. Sisto's son led authories to his home soon after Sisto's death.

Joseph Sisto tells NPR's Melissa Block that his father began collecting soon after he came to the U.S. from Italy in 1958.

Read more about it at NPR

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June 30, 2009 - 9:38am — Anonymous

There is always more to the story...

anonymous safe keeper... email me at jsist01@bellsouth.net

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June 12, 2009 - 4:48pm — Anonymous

MAYBE HE WAS A SAFE KEEPER?

I just spent a few weeks in Bari. A really beautiful place. The castles and cathedrals are beige-ish white limestone. But....Everyone in Italy --meaning the Italians--raised their eyebrows when I told them where I had been. Seems no one trusts people from Bari. There's a lot of corruption. I am a novelist and am totally intrigued by the Sisto thefts--if that's what they are. Could it be that a cult/club/organization of some kind gave the antiquities to Sisto for safekeeping? Maybe my next novel? Hey.. I'm not writing here to advertise my book, but if you like this art theft stuff as much as I do, please check out THE VIRGIN KNOWS. About stolen paintings of the Madonna that found their way to museums in Boston and the people who 're-stole' them and sent them back to Italy. http://www.amazon.com/Virgin-Knows-art-theft-thriller/dp/1439215391

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