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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 3350784, member: 8363&quot;]Sometimes, I forget how important a role that the members of this forum play in my life.&nbsp; This was all brought back into focus, when two photographs appeared in my inbox of a 18KT Gold Filigree Maltese Cross.&nbsp; This all started with a discussion of a piece of jewelry during which I brought up a Maltese Cross that a dear friend had purchased in 1973 for his girlfriend at the time, when he was visiting this aunt in Malta.&nbsp; I asked for a photo to share.&nbsp; The former girlfriend, a scientist of some note, had just sold her home and was moving to another state.&nbsp; The piece had been packed away, and was supposed to stay hidden for a year until her new house became available.</p><p><br /></p><p>My request to post a picture of this cross brought a back memories of this piece purchased 47 years ago by a 17 year old who wanted to impress his girlfriend.&nbsp; She went searching for the brooch, and during the discussion of the effort to find it, she said she had returned to Malta when she was in Europe for work.&nbsp; The upshot was that this beautiful filigree work, which was ubiquitous in 1973, had disappeared from the shelves of Maltese jewelers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The magic happened when interest in this brooch resulted in her deciding to bequeath it to my friend&#039;s daughter in her will.&nbsp; Many thanks to [USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] and [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] for your comments that resulted in a renewed joy in this special piece.&nbsp; And a warm THANK YOU to all the members of the forum for all your kind, knowledgeable and humorous responses to my posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]299858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299859[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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