Couple of comments:
I have a buddy in California that has bought a number of guitars that are around a century old and left them with experienced restorers/repairers to bring them back up to their best. The results are very, very good and not off the planet in terms of cost. I have had one single-luthier guitar that needed repair work; in my case it was repaired by Dream Guitars and they did a great job. I have even had a guitar that was only half-built when the luthier passed away. Another luthier finished it, with outstanding results. So my experience suggests you need not be at all concerned about having work done on a guitar after its builder has stopped work.
As to owning a Claxton….go for it! The guitars he builds are just sublime.
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