A sideboard in Mary Doffermyre’s Atlanta home holds some of the pieces the thief left behind.
Photo: Audra Melton
A German silver flower vase.
Photo: Audra Melton
Doffermyre in her dining room.
Photo: Audra Melton
The adjacent butler’s pantry was almost entirely cleaned out.
Photo: Audra Melton
An antique English fish set.
Photo: Audra Melton
Blane Nordahl’s mug shot, taken in August 2013.
Photo: Nassau County Sheriff's Department
The French doors where the thief broke in.
Photo: Audra Melton
Noted Civil War collectors Eileen and Bo DuBose at their home in Atlanta.
Photo: Audra Melton
The DuBoses’ dismantled silver epergne went undetected in a storage trunk.
Photo: Audra Melton
The thief cleaned out one set of the DuBoses’ sterling flatware but left a second set he deemed less valuable.
Photo: Audra Melton
An archival photo of a stolen 1734 mug linked to George II.
Photo: Audra Melton
Nordahl’s defense attorney, Bruce Harvey, in his Atlanta office.
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Detective William Royster of the Aiken, South Carolina, Police Department (left) and a Nassau County Police officer apprehend Nordahl on August 26, 2013, at 10:01 a.m. in Hilliard, Florida.
Photo: Lonnie Mason
Silver items left behind at the Doffermyre home, too small to bother taking.
Photo: Audra Melton
The Doffermyres’ hollow-handled silver flatware set, also left behind.
Photo: Audra Melton
The thief overlooked this rare silver spice set owned by Bo DuBose.
Photo: Audra Melton
A silver ladle in the shape of a conch shell belonging to DuBose.
Photo: Audra Melton