What should one do if a watch stolen from you appeared at auction?
Does anyone have any experience here?
Notify the Police
If you have a Police report when it was fisrt stolen, call the Police and let them know what is going on. Also be aware, if you collected insurance on this and the watch is recovered, you will have to re-inburse your insurance! Please be sure this is your...
If the watch(es) belongs to you or your friend, yup, we should help...
...notify authorities.
since you can't steal from yourself . .
Buy it back and don't pay. Particularly effective when the federales won't assist. Concealing stolen property is an ongoing enterprise so the statute of limitations may or may not be of significance.
Hmmm . . .
. . . the person listing the watch may not be the person that stole it in the first place. That person would also, technically, be a victim of fraud if he (or she) was unaware of the history. In principle, offering to purchase without intent to pay could ...
Put the auction house on notice they are auctioning a reported stolen watch
Since they are placed on notice they will have to verify its origins before the sale.
