I agree, nothing can compare with originality to a collector, unless the collector is attracted to historically owned firearms like Patton or Goering, both owned firearms that regardless of their condition have crazy value added due to the historical value of their owners. There are more firearms in near original condition than there are historical owned firearms, so I guess from that perspective the historical owner pieces will always have a certain panache that original firearms will never obtain.
I belong to the group that appreciates the OP's firearm for basically what it is...a very well executed piece that begs to be fired. I like the fact that nice old pieces like this are still available so that people like myself that enjoy shooting period firearms in nice condition can still afford to purchase and enjoy shooting them without doing any real damage to the collectors world of safe queens. My favorites are their #3's maybe #2's.