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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 11095885, member: 4654&quot;]Sometimes you buy a work of art and it doesn&#039;t matter it isn&#039;t perfect, in this case I would still have it on display if only the lid survived. What a lovely work, so artful, I just love the abalone shell and the painting is to die for. What a buy, well done, I would say it&#039;s better than anything I have. Unfortunately when you get such an important work you are responsible for it until it gets passed on (as they say we are just custodians of antiques) and in this case you either take weeks finding the best restorer for this&nbsp; kind of work and pay them a fortune to restore it or (like me) you leave it for the next/richer &quot;custodian&quot; to have it done. Speaking of abalone shell, I&#039;ve been carving rough opals for the last few months, the iridescence on the shell is just as beautiful as opal, here are some of the unfinished opals I&#039;ve done. [ATTACH=full]536490[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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