WHAT THE HECK!!!!! How in the world did you find that jewel? Congratulations on the purchase.
One of my buddies dad has an old Colt. I don't remember the year on it but it is OLD. It's beautiful. Not beat up at all but 99% of the blueing is gone. It's just "grayish silver". I go over to his house once a month to clean it and inspect it because HE STILL SHOOTS IT!
I make really light reloads for him to shoot through it, just enough oomph to cycle the pistol and not beat it up. I tried to talk him out of shooting it but he wasn't having any of that. He shoots it very well and often. He won't part with it either. I've offered him a generous amount of money.
Again, congratulations. That's really nice.