{hug} Sorry you're going through this. Major suckage doesn't begin to describe it, does it?
Do any of the stolen items have sufficiently distinguishing characteristics that you might be able to identify them at a pawnshop or on eBay? Those are two possibilities for where they might end up. If so, not only do you get your items back you might get a lead to whodunnit...
I don't think there are any shortcuts, but you can search eBay for both current and completed items. Since some of your items seem pretty distinctive, it should be possible to narrow things down to a list of "likely suspects"... at which point you can contact the buyer and ask "Uh, what's the serial number on that camera?"
Stolen property remains the property of its rightful owner, no matter how many times it changes hands after that, so even if Thief sells it to Fence, who sells it to Mark, who sells it to Bubba on eBay, it's still stolen property which has to be returned to you. It doesn't matter that neither Mark nor Bubba knew it was stolen.
Does the police report include descriptions and serial numbers? If not, can you get them added to the police report? Doing so would be most helpful in getting the attention of (a) the buyer and (b) local law enforcement in the buyer's jurisdiction.
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Do any of the stolen items have sufficiently distinguishing characteristics that you might be able to identify them at a pawnshop or on eBay? Those are two possibilities for where they might end up. If so, not only do you get your items back you might get a lead to whodunnit...
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I wonder whether there are shortcuts to searching eBay for this sort of situation.
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Stolen property remains the property of its rightful owner, no matter how many times it changes hands after that, so even if Thief sells it to Fence, who sells it to Mark, who sells it to Bubba on eBay, it's still stolen property which has to be returned to you. It doesn't matter that neither Mark nor Bubba knew it was stolen.
Does the police report include descriptions and serial numbers? If not, can you get them added to the police report? Doing so would be most helpful in getting the attention of (a) the buyer and (b) local law enforcement in the buyer's jurisdiction.