Polonswim:
Thanks for the great photos. That puppy is already a real beauty, and could be absolutely stunning. I only have a couple of things to add to what the real experts have already told you.

1. In Northern Orange County, you're not all that far from CycleArt (or however they spell it) in the San Diego area, I think in the northern reaches of SD. (They are easy to find online.) I have no idea about their prices, but returning that '59 Paramount frame to its full glory is right up their alley. Brian Baylis and Joe Bell are also in that general neck of the woods - any one of those three could do that frame proud. If you are willing to go further afield, Ed Litton in Richmond (SF Bay Area) is reasonable and very good - he did my '67 Paramount and I think it's stunning. The easiest way to get Ed's contact info is thorugh the Classic Rendezvous website - he's listed under the USA builders.

2. That is an interesting collection of names engraved on the handlebars. Marcel Kint, Sylvere Maes, Rik van Steenbergen and Alberic "Brik" Schotte were all Belgian iron-man roadies. Between the four of them, their careers more or less straddle WWII - Maes won the TdF in the '30's (1935 & 1939, if memory serves). Kint had some serious Classics successes, also in the '30's (I think). Van Steenbergen and Schotte were more post-war types. Van Steenbergen won almost every one-day race of note at least once. I believe Schotte won the pro road Worlds in the mid-'50's and was killed in an accident the following year. I know he was a mainstay on the Belgian TdF teams in the early to mid '50's and was a regular top-10 (or better) finisher. Van Steenbergen and Kint both did some racing during WWII as well - the Germans permitted, even encouraged to some extent, some racing in Belgium, Holland and France during the war years. All of these guys were tough as nails. Seeing their names on a set of handlebars tells me absolutely nothing about who made the bars, but they sure were meant to convey strength and toughness to the 1959 buyer.