Jared - Joe has given it to you straight on all counts. Believe him.
No need to toss it. You could save a lot of time and energy by clearing it out at a cool grand and move on.
Also, you keep stressing the gun's untouched, unrestored condition. In so doing I think you are flashing a blind eye to the fact that someone took a Brillo pad to the sideplates at one point in its 125 year history, probably sometime in the past decade.
Honestly, the only feature of solid note is its novelty. The condition is fair bordering on poor. You seem to have gone overboard with your amorous feelings for the gun, something I'd bet nearly everyone on this board has done at one time or another. It's a common condition with these vintage guns. You need to get a little distance from it and perhaps look at a lot of other old doubles.
