I'm looking forward to seeing your new beauty. Looks like you hit the jackpot. If you are back in time, how about coming out to our vintage weekend (1/25-1/26) with or without the A/S?
http://irwin.home.texas.net/HLU-VW.html
There should be plenty of vintage knowledge floating around at that event.
Speaking of shelf non-skid. I bought a big roll real cheap, traced aound some large and small dishes, and cut out a lot of circles of various sizes. I especially use them in the pot'n pan drawer to prevent the non-skid from wearing off the pans in spots due to vibration. I also use them when I nest different size bowls, etc. The round pieces look neat and fit nicely in the different size utensils.