Many of these items have a fence value of near 0. The second they pop up in a real auction the police are involved and the whole chain goes down. Their real v

Many of these items have a fence value of near 0. The second they pop up in a real auction the police are involved and the whole chain goes down. Their real value usually comes in as a bargaining chip if caught for some other crime. The second way is if someone specific wants to have an item. There is no real 'market' for these type of stolen items. The third way is to 'ransom' them. A stolen TV has value as it is semi common and usually you can offload it. A stolen one of a kind piece of artwork/book/etc basically has a 'investigate me' sign on it.