Does anyone have an intimate knowledge of the Las Vegas area?
If the thief doesnt know what hes doing (Most likely), he'll just pawn it off, or try to pass it to a smaller ma and pa music store, where they will buy horns that they think they can sell at a better price. He may well try and sell off on ebay, but I don't think anyone would be THAT stupid (I have been proved wrong before).
I am thinking that if he does know what hes doing, he will try and sell it to a college or high school trumpet student, saying he gave up horn, or some b.s. story like that. Almost all the musical instrument theft I've heard about somehow involves high school or college. In fact, I know a person right now who sold a $5k Selmer bass clarinet that he never returned to his high school. I also know a student who never returned a flugelhorn, and I was almost blamed for someone else "misplacing" a Holton Farkas French Horn.
Theres some really crappy people in this world.
Thats why I'm asking if anyone knows someone in the region to spread the word to the high schools and small music shops there. Shoot, if you guys can round me up Nevada music college names (Theres UNLV, but I'm sure theres private colleges), I'll send an email to the trumpet departments to keep an eye open for someone trying to sell a very unique horn.
If this horn was just a stock-look, it would be a whole lot harder to locate. However, this horn is indeed a one-of-a-kind. Hell, its even got Felix's name on it!
Van