+1 sacrilege. I hope you lose the auction, and find another frameset in a colour you like or that doesn't deserve to keep its paint so much.

Your plan for this frameset is not cool. People don't strip original paint on fine frames just because they don't like the colour... it's only cool to refinish such a frame if the factory finish is completely and utterly buggered, and then it should be as original.

With stuff like this - even a frameset custom built for you - you don't entirely own it, because the rest of us demand you act as a custodian for posterity's sake.

Ignore this aspect of looking after a fine old bike at your social peril.