My arts not worth shit.

[sin]

According to the people that broke into my place and stole some
Laptops, cameras and iPods. 9k how and Nosm.... Untouched

In all seriousness I'm so relieved they didn't take or vandalize anything.

Anyone had a break in?

[pricklypete]

A long time ago, when I lived in NY. My bass amp went untouched and they took the Nintendo.

[ksn]

Got my car broken into several years ago. Stole a bunch of CDs I burned myself and left an $80 gift card sitting in the same compartment.

[saL]

sorry to hear about that sin.. lucky (touch wood), other than someone breaking into our car which wasn't locked, I never had similar experiences..

[dash]

So sorry to hear that. It is such a violation of personal space. Several years ago I had the front window of my apartment smashed. They must have backed up a truck, given the amount of electronics etc they made off with. However, I was so thankful that my art and furniture were not targeted.

[grotesqueanimal]

I feel so sorry for you guys, but I am also glad for you that neither pets nor artworks got harmed. Cats and art, that would be my only worries.

In the apartment house I used to live in here in Vienna, I have seen 3 apartments from neighbors that got broken in (over the course of just 2 years), once I was even at home on another floor but did not hear or notice anything.
According to the local police only small valuables are of interest, money, jewelry, small electronics - lap-tops are already too heavy and suspicious (artworks hopefully too).

[ksn]

I know several people who got their laptops stolen and was able to recover them at flea markets. With artwork, I imagine most burglars would not know what to do with it or what it's worth. It's probably also much easier to track down once it's resold.

Glad your artwork remained untouch, good luck recovering the rest.

[artladval]

Thieves want liquidity and stolen art is one of the least liquid assets out there and is one of the surest ways for a criminal to be tracked to a specific burglary.

[origo]

May 21, 2013 21:14:28 GMT -8 artladval said:

Thieves want liquidity and stolen art is one of the least liquid assets out there and is one of the surest ways for a criminal to be tracked to a specific burglary.

Exactly...

Sorry to hear sin, not a fun experience at all, glad they didn´t ruin the art.

Only tried it in our basement, so no real biggie.

[bmerel]

thats some freaky stuff. sorry to hear about that.
i hope i never have to deal with a break-in. praying that the gold bars i line up next to each entrance will be enough to dissuade the burglars from considering snatching up any of my collection.

[chaone]

I used to produce instrumentals and record for two Hip Hop studios in my area. Had thousands invested in microphones, preamps, mpcs, mixers and random percussion instruments. I lost more than half of it to a break in. The only things they left were a microphone, turntables and mixer, and a vibraphone (way too big for them to take). Everything else, excluding my vibraphone, drowned along with my car (long story).

But my prints are all still here and looking good People that dont know art seem to leave it alone.

[bjornca]

May 21, 2013 21:14:28 GMT -8 artladval said:

Thieves want liquidity and stolen art is one of the least liquid assets out there and is one of the surest ways for a criminal to be tracked to a specific burglary.

Reminds me of this article when $10mm of art, etc. was tracked based on someone doing a Google search on one of the artists Art Heist

Sorry to hear your place was broken into, but glad the art, or anyone for that matter, wasn't hurt.