One would never wish to be compelled to look for ways to recover stolen goods.
But one should at least know that there are a few precautions that could be taken before the disappearance of precious items, and a few steps one can take after the fact, to try to recover what was lost.
This in no way detracts from all the usual Surveillance and Security provisions one should put in place to protect home and family.
You know all on your property, every detail of family occasions when those valuable items were endowed to you, and even gestures and emotions that accompanied the events.
But if you try now to describe in writing one of such objects without looking at it, you will easily find out that your exposition falls short of giving a complete idea of what it is like, and that you may have omitted essential features.
Just imagine what kind of inadequate description could be put together in the turmoil of excitement following the discovery of a theft.
Hoping you will never need to show your representation to other people in the effort to recover stolen goods, you might decide to take stock of what you have and value, for yourself, by undertaking to prepare the best description you are able to assemble, adding photographs and details of style, periodor school that expert people might be able to help you find out, even if you may not be familiar with them.
What for should you undertake such an exercise? First of all it could help you get a fair insurance of your valuables, by itself a worthy purpose.
The insurance, duly detailed, will also establish an indubitable proof of property.
Moreover, if you take the time to get the information, say from the Internet, you will find that this is exactly what recommend Police Officers and other authorities in charge of fighting crime.
All citizens are advised not only to make such an inventory as suggested above, but also to register every single item with officially maintained databases prepared to check and thwart robbery and theft.
In the regrettable event that precious items are stolen, the theft should be reported to the police as soon as possible.
The stolen goods may eventually surface and be seized by police, or be put on auction somewhere in public.
In case the databases are scanned for comparing entries with findings, and if the authorities are effectively proactive, owners might be advised of the findings even before they place their inquiry.
In that case the registration is invaluable as a proof of previous property.
So, instead of doing nothing and then remaining exposed to offense and damage, one could implement the simple provisions suggested by authoritative sources.
If the stolen goods can effectively be recovered, well, this nobody can assure.
But at least one would be aware of having done what was possible to oppose the worst.