Hello friend-
I'm the gent you outbid on that one. Obviously it will need some help, but barring anything really surprising "under the hood," I think you will do well with it.
I don't know your plans, but I was considering making a set of thin German Silver end plates (with appropriate fretwork), to restore function and appearance to the existing broken ends. Of course you may find them quite easily glued up with a bit of reinforcement inside and fabrication of the missing fretwork elements.
I wish you every success, and I hope you'll post some photos of your progress.
Cheers... "1911smithy"
