Here is a different look at the Lipinski Strad theft, from the eyes of the Concert Master. There is a clip of him playing the insturment in happier times at the link.
I’m just about to get a 15” platter in my mother’s Spode in the next 1/2 hour. In the last week, I’ve managed to secure an 11” and a 1” platter; a 9” and a 10” oval vegetable bowls; a 10” square vegetable bowl; a spendid gravy boat; 4 double handled cream soups and stands, and 4 sauce dishes. I have my eye on a 17” platter and a coffee pot next week.
All of these pieces have been at amazing prices, compared to Replacements, LTD (my previous source for discontinued tableware.)