Seems to me a collector that knew what they were taking would have gotten horns, lids, doll hat and records. If you notice some of these items were left behind, These things would have been important to a collector. Sounds more like the work of someone inexperienced in the items taken, which means they will surface and probably sooner than latter. We as collectors can keep our eyes and ears open. They could even be show up EBAY, maybe through one of those "help you sell" dealers not knowing they are selling hot items.
George
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From: john robles
To: Antique Phonograph List
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] STOLEN PROPERTY ALERT!!!!
Funny you should say that, because I thought, "look at all the phonos taken, and other than that just a clock...seems like they knew what they were taking.
John Robles
crankemup at comcast.net wrote:
As a retired police officer, this strikes me as odd. These items are not things usually taken in a break-in, especially by druggies looking for a quick item to trade. My guess is is that is that the thief is someone who has been in the home prior and has an interest(sad to say) or knows of an outlet for these items(usually a collector, which this is a narow field, let's face it) and can get rid of them.
When I was also active in WWII militaria, I unfortunately saw this happen more than once, ie: collectors stealing from other collectors. I hope this is not the case, but reality sucks, unfortunately.
Bill
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