It seems like this is an exceptional case where part of the chain has disappeared. If you had insurance on it, I would have thought they could provide an assessor to value the damage.
Basically though, go out and get prices of replacement new items and send them those. I expect you'll need to get an antique repairer to give you a quote on repairing your cabinet, which you can also send to them.
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