I dropped by Ye Olde Lamp and Fixture Shoppe here in Chicago for a repair appraisal on my vintage chandelier. The man who helped me was impressively knowledgeable. The good news: it is an original Lightolier Sputnik. An early one, in fact. He has experience doing complete restorations of this type of chandelier.
The bad news? Those restoration jobs cost over $2,000. Even if he tried to do a hack job it would still cost over $1,000. And that wiring? Yeah, that’s asbestos.
Onto Plan B…
Project Palermo 
I liked this post even though I don’t really “like” it :( Im sorry to hear that! What’s plan B?
Plan B is TBD! Maybe DIY?
What’s TBD?
TBD = to be determined.
Oh! hah! thanks :) Hope it all works out
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Man, I’ve seen very similar pieces in some of the houses we clean out. In an idea universe, I’d have a sweet junk store next to the shop.
In an ideal universe, I’d manage that sweet junk store for you.