{"id":17167,"date":"2025-04-03T20:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/leonardo-patterson-disgraced-dealer-in-latin-american-artifacts-dies-at-82\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T20:45:21","slug":"leonardo-patterson-disgraced-dealer-in-latin-american-artifacts-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/leonardo-patterson-disgraced-dealer-in-latin-american-artifacts-dies-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo Patterson, Disgraced Dealer in Latin American Artifacts, Dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Leonardo Augustus Patterson was born on April 15, 1942, in Limon, a town on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Little is known about his family history. He said that his father left home when he was very young and that his mother, a farmer, died when he was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He said he found his first antiquity, a shard of ancient pottery, in a yam field when he was 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He moved to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, when he was 15. There, he found work with a jeweler, who tasked him with melting down gold rings and necklaces that looters brought in from unprotected archaeological sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Patterson saw further potential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI wondered why I should be melting these old things down to make a terrible ring out of them,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/business\/the-dubious-market-for-ancient-artifacts-a-1086597.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he told the German magazine Der Spiegel<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After selling items locally for several years, he moved to Miami, where he imported them for local galleries. A chance encounter with a wealthy collector led to opportunities in New York, where he had moved by the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Patterson kept his family life largely secret. He claimed to have at least 13 children by five different women. A list of survivors was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Though few people doubted that Mr. Patterson had committed a long list of crimes, even some of his antagonists admitted that he had an endearing side. They cited his serene personality and his dry wit \u2014 a quiet charisma that seemed to undergird his entire career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe was a lovable guy,\u201d Mr. Brand said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When he told Mr. Patterson that he was planning to write a book about him, Mr. Brand recalled, Mr. Patterson replied, \u201cPlease, just wait until I\u2019m dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Tom Mashberg<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle 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