I'm so sorry bit. I can't imagine losing all of that. Let us know what we can do to help. If someone starts a fundraiser, I'm in.

Leadfoot
If someone starts a fundraiser, I'm in.

Ditto.
 
 

I kept waiting for the punchline, thinking this was some sort of time-traveling April Fools joke.
That's just terrible, Bit. I hope you can get some of it back, if not all.

There isn't much I can say. Reading over this thread I would only pile on. I do know when I was in basic training in the army our drill Sargent made a point of saying in the army the most despised group were thieves. At the time I didn't know why they were so Loathsome. After years of having things stolen I now know why.
 
I do feel for you Dave. I wish it had never happened.      

I'm feeling your pain Bit. I really hope you can find out who did this.

Man, this is horrible news, Bit!
I really really hope everything is recovered in short notice!
 
Sucks big time.

I cannot accurately express my feelings regarding this without violating almost every forum rule there is. I am deeply sorry for your loss ol pal, although I know that is cold comfort now. I have zero sympathy for anyone who would perpetrate such an act and my wishes for their prolonged existence is, quite literally, unspeakable. I also have studio gear laying around that could be put to good use and you are welcome to what I have to offer. Just PM me a list of what you need and if I have it to spare...it's yours.

John
There isn't much I can say. Reading over this thread I would only pile on. I do know when I was in basic training in the army our drill Sargent made a point of saying in the army the most despised group were thieves. At the time I didn't know why they were so Loathsome. After years of having things stolen I now know why.
 
I do feel for you Dave. I wish it had never happened.      

I've been quite lucky in that the only valuable thing I've ever had stolen has been a bicycle. But it was a nice one, a Claud Butler, and it was my only way of getting around at the time. I locked it up outside a friend's house, went inside, had a couple of glasses of wine and a few J's, came bouncing outside all merry and joyful and the sight of the empty space where my bike had been was just a horrible, horrible feeling. You feel so violated and helpless. Didn't help that I had to walk almost 8 miles home that night, seething with rage at the thought of someone else parking their dirty thieving backside on it. Yep, I don't care what the "background" of the culprit is, a thief is a thief is a thief and they're all scum. 

At one point there was a site called Gear-Track where you could register all of your gear with serial numbers etc so that buyers could do a search before purchasing anything offered for sale second hand. However it doesn't seem to be active any more, I wonder what happened to it. 

Try http://www.screamingstone.com/ - you can put out alerts for stolen gear on here. 
 
Also, you can do a mass Craigslist search for gear on http://www.searchtempest.com/