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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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Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890's JMD-1180520306 - Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890's JMD-11805
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A Rook rifle, 7 mm black-powder, octagon barrel, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, checkered gore/pistol grip, stock repair at the wrist, Elk ca
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890s JMD-1104720307 - Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890s JMD-11047
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle made by Flobert Warnant in black-powder, swing lock in .38 cal. In poor condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9092, Condition: Poor,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for (100.00 + 22.00BP) = 122.00
 
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Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890s JMD-1104920308 - Rook Black Powder Rifle 1890s JMD-11049
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Flobert Warnant Rook rifle in black-powder. Swing lock, in .38 cal. In poor condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9096, Condition: Poor, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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Rook Falling Block Rifle 1890s JMD-1172820309 - Rook Falling Block Rifle 1890s JMD-11728
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Belgian Flobert Rook rolling block.32 rim, octagon barrel, bead front/ notch rear sight, metal butt plate. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 10276, Condition: Go
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b********t.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Rook Rook Rifle 1875-80 JMD-1023320310 - Rook Rook Rifle 1875-80 JMD-10233
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook target rifle in excellent condition. The stock is dark walnut with relief carving and checkering at the wrist. Chambered in 5.5 mm. SN:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to q********v.. for (160.00 + 35.20BP) = 195.20
 
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Rook Single-Shot Rifle 1890's JMD-1200320311 - Rook Single-Shot Rifle 1890's JMD-12003
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rook.22, Single shot, Folbert Parlor Rifle, bead front, fixed rear sight. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9080, >
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to x********s.. for (120.00 + 26.40BP) = 146.40
 
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Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880 JMD-1023720312 - Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880 JMD-10237
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle chambered in 5.5 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 7740, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-1022620313 - Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-10226
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a three-band musket Rook target rifle chambered in 7.16 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6224, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to h********@.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-1022820314 - Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-10228
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook musket in 7.16 mm and has a two-band stock. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 7008, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to y********m.. for (190.00 + 41.80BP) = 231.80
 
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Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-1023020315 - Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1880s JMD-10230
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This a single-shot Rook target rifle chambered for 7.16 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 8784, Condition: Good, >
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to x********s.. for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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