I don't see how a 19, pinned and recessed, fired, and nickel plated in nice condition would be worth $1000. My 19-4, nickel 4" was $800, and I thought I was paying a premium. That $650 sounds like no worse than "a good deal". The first thing I did was replace the original grips but with wooden Eagles. That gun is a pain monkey with full power ammo, so I reload a mid level round for it. The gun was too tight for lead bullets, so in opening up the throats the plating immediately peeled around the cylinder face...off to Mahovsky's Metalife and now like new but invested with about $100 more. Point being that like most of my guns, it was a work in progress and only an initial investment.