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J.M. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location330 N J.M. Davis Blvd, Claremore, Oklahoma, 74017, United States

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Introduction to the J.M. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction

J.M. Davis ran the Mason Hotel in Claremore, Oklahoma, for his entire career, from 1917 onward. From the age of seven in 1901 until 1965, he was an inveterate collector of all firearms, as well as artifacts reflecting history in Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley region. To preserve his collection in perpetuity, he created the 40,000-square-foot J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum in Claremore, which is today managed by the State of Oklahoma. It is the largest firearms Museum in North America.

The museum is a must-see for any weapons collector, displaying an incredible amount and variety of weaponry and famous felon, outlaw, and law enforcement personality items from history.

Proceeds of this sale directly benefit the long-term care and maintenance of the Collection. None of the items in this sale are out of the current museum exhibit displays. Nearly all of the items have been stored away, out of public view, since at least 1965 (54 years!), long before the modern era when most of the well-written and researched reference and table-top books on antique firearms were published. As an example, none of these weapons were known to R. Larry Wilson, a prolific firearms writer and author of approximately 60 books on antique firearms, who as a young man and budding firearms scholar, worked for Colt about the time this part of the collection went into storage.

The sale hosts more than 2200, antique to modern (probably none more recent than 1965) firearms, swords, crossbows and knives. In addition, there is a large section of Americana, featuring Native American stone and pottery items, primarily from Oklahoma and the Mississippi Valley. Items of cultural significance that are not in the sale are designated for, or already transferred to, the Oklahoma State Museum.

Davis was also a button, badge, medal and pinback collector, and there are more than a thousand items in this category, mostly in like-kind groups.

The two-day preview prior to the sale is a must for any serious collector.
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Gultcher Lock & Co. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1047320186 - Gultcher Lock & Co. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10473
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle built in Ohio and it wears a Golcher lock. Several known Ohio gunsmiths used Golcher locks such as E. W. McCraner.
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 375.00
 
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H. Half-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1061320187 - H. Half-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10613
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle at .40 cal. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 969, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j***d for 170.80
 
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H. Lecher Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1034120188 - H. Lecher Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10341
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle is in poor condition only due to the marriage of parts. The barrel is marked H. Lechler. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2221, Condition: Poor, >
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to f********q.. for 162.50
 
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H. Pierce Liverpool Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1043220189 - H. Pierce Liverpool Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10432
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle is a half-stock Kentucky style rifle built in Liverpool, Ohio by H. Pierce with a Goulcher lock. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 944, Condition: Fai
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to F*****m for 225.00
 
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H. W. Z. Model 21 Rifle 1890s JMD-1227420190 - H. W. Z. Model 21 Rifle 1890s JMD-12274
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rifle, H. W. Z., model 21.22 cal target, blade front sight, rear peep sight, checkering on fore and pistol grip. SN: 8580, JMD Oval Tag: 7254, Conditi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******m for 396.50
 
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H.E. Leman, Lancaster, PA Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1840 JMD-1069020191 - H.E. Leman, Lancaster, PA Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1840 JMD-10690
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Kentucky half-stock rifle marked "H.E. Leman, Lancaster, PA". It has a beautiful brass capbox and gold band on the barrel at the...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
Sold to D******a for 500.00
 
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H.H. Parkhurst Rifle 1880 JMD-1022220192 - H.H. Parkhurst Rifle 1880 JMD-10222
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle is marked "H.H. Parkhurst" as well as "Amhurst N." It is marked as a .40 cal. and is center fired. The gun wears two ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to b*********v for 812.50
 
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H.J. Rutrauff, Warrensburg, Missouri Half-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-1192620193 - H.J. Rutrauff, Warrensburg, Missouri Half-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-11926
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rifle, H.J. Rutrauff, Warrensburg, Missouri, octagon bull barrel, ramrod, hooded front sight, German silver capbox and crescent butt plate. SN: N/A, J
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to D*******n for 1,037.00
 
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H.M. Quackebush Take Down Swing-Breach Rifle 1885 JMD-1094820194 - H.M. Quackebush Take Down Swing-Breach Rifle 1885 JMD-10948
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a takedown rifle, made by H.M. Quackenbush. A takedown swing-breach rifle chambered in .22. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 1244, Condition: Very Good,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 237.50
 
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H.M. Quackebush takedown swingbreach Rifle 1885 JMD-1095420195 - H.M. Quackebush takedown swingbreach Rifle 1885 JMD-10954
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an H.M. Quackenbush, takedown swing-breach, rifle. Chambered in .22 black-powder. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2442, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for 200.00
 
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