I rented a room in a house that was burglarized in the 1970s. The burglar stole one pair of jeans (French cut, slightly more expensive than regular blue jeans) from me.
I called the owner of the house the other day and he can't even remember what was taken from him, whatever it was was of such low value. But TVs, radios and jewelry were left behind.
Not every burglar is like a master criminal from the movies. In fact, I've heard (sorry, don't have a link) that most burglaries are crimes of opportunity, rather casually carried out.
When my house was robbed, they ignored the small painting on the wall (worth thousands) and stole a drawer full of loose change (mostly pennies, but I'd guess about 20 pounds worth. I always laugh thinking of them hauling around those pennies). They only broke through the bedrooms as there were typically alarms on the other doors.