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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 9588741, member: 5398&quot;]I decided to post this pendant after [USER=255]@reader[/USER] went above and beyond to provide me with such helpful information and professional opinions on another Southwestern pendant I posted Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, reader mentioned that he&#039;s having a Perry Null repair or fabrication done on a belt. I found another thread he mentioned and learned in that thread that [USER=13814]@stracci[/USER] suggested someone contact Perry Null Trading in Gallup NM about replacing a missing stone in a NA turquoise bracelet. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, those comments made me think of a Delbert Gordon pendant I have that&#039;s missing a large claw or claw-shaped stone.&nbsp; I think I bought it at an estate sale several years ago and probably didn&#039;t pay more than $15-$20 for it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]463828[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463829[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463830[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m wondering if it would cost as much or more than the piece is worth to have it set with a new claw. It doesn&#039;t look like there was ever anything set into the empty space. I looked at Delbert Gordon examples to see whether he would have used a real claw, and I did find some of his jewelry with real claws.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it seems impossible that a jeweler/silversmith would have a claw that would fit the ready-made space -- maybe it would have to be custom-carved tiger&#039;s eye, mother of pearl, or some other stone?</p><p><br /></p><p>I wondered about contacting Delbert Gordon directly, but it seems he doesn&#039;t have his own website.</p><p><br /></p><p>If not cost-effective to have something custom-made to fit the space, does anyone have an opinion on whether the value of the pendant as-is would be about 1/4 (more or less?) of the value of the pendant if complete. I don&#039;t plan to wear it myself, so maybe it would be better to let a future buyer decide how to replace the missing claw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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