DaveWE, the William Evans maker's name (he was a great salesman, never a gunmaker, and sourced most of his guns from Scott and W&S) has Brand Value level two; BV2. Your description was short on detail to guess very accurately at the Original Quality grade; OQ. Hammer guns generally value about like BLE's. So, lets guess OQ grade at six (second grade BLE). Current Condition level sounds like about wall hangar grade; CC9. BV2-OQ6-CC9 = $305.
I see no reason to believe that "reasonable" dents can't be repaired just a easily in damascus as in fluid steel; damascus is quite malleable. Dents with a crease are, of course, much more difficult.
Lever work is usually straight-forward to repair. Were the barrelson-face? Condition and grade of the wood? Engraving? If it wasa higher grade gun it might have made OQ5 which would have been BV2-OQ5-CC9 = $413. Were the gun "marginable shootable" we could say it was a BV2-OQ6-CC8 = $645.
As you can see, you didn't miss a fortune, but it might possibly have been a good set of parts or a low-loss project.
Hope this helps some.
DDA
