As Jerry says, it's not too bad a buff and re-blue; I've seen much worse. Also strongly agree that wood grips would be MUCH better. Those pearl grips are almost as ugly as a pair of Franzite grips I once had on a 1916 DWM Luger.
The upper - barrel, receiver etc - is likely very early 1917 as the fine tune front and rear sights went away in later 1917. (The fine tune front sight first, then the rear)
The frame is WW2 era Mauser as evidenced by the "hump" on the rear of the frame ears.
For a shooter, I don't think $1,000 is out of reason.
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