This just tops the list....

[katrina]

Mom had two rolls of quarters on her dresser and they didn't take them. Didn't rifle through her chester drawers, she has her perils there. All they wanted was the dishes. They got my mothers china and my grandmothers peril luster dishes. ONe carpenter has a prison record. Transfering firearmes across state lines. And the other is real tight with other. Two peas in a pod. Everyone in the town of Hyannis is locking their doors and Mom and dad lock the house as the carpenters leave and come to work. WE will probally never see the dishes. And the fact is that there is no Mayberry RFD anymore.

[Cal]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck, that really bites! I think ranchwife is right about searching the auction sites, never know and won't know unless you look.