I would have thought that 1000 Euro for that Calace is a pretty good deal as long as the repair is straightforward. Unlike Mick, I'm not a big fan of the looks of that particular period in the Calace shop, but this is clearly not an entry-level instrument and it comes from the period when the Calace reputation was at its highest, with only Embergher as serious competitors at the time. It should be the equivalent of an Embergher No. 2 or 3 in value, and they tend to be rather more than 1000 Euro.
At least the fancier of the Calace mandolins were high-end concert instruments at the time. I've posted a clip of Mario de Pietro on a similarly-appointed Calace in 1943 before in another thread. Here is the link again (you may have to click through an annoying ad first to get to the video):
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De Pietro's instrument is clearly a Calace and looks pretty similar to the one on Ebay, except that it has the strange individual "finger" fretboard extensions like the Classico has now.
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