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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 Single-Shot Target Rifle 1890 JMD-1022420316 - Rook Single-Shot Target Rifle 1890 JMD-10224
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rifle, Rook, single-shot target, SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 8799, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to h********@.. for 187.50
 
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Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1106620317 - Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11066
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a 7 mm Rook rifle, swing block frame by Flobert Warnant. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9121, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for 134.20
 
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Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1106820318 - Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11068
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle, swing block frame made by Flobert Warnant. 7 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9107, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for 134.20
 
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Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1107020319 - Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11070
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle made by Flobert Warnant in 7 mm. A swing block action. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9110, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for 134.20
 
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Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1107420320 - Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11074
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle made by Flobert Warnant, swing block in 7 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9097, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to x********s.. for 134.20
 
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Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1107620321 - Rook Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11076
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle in 7mm, a swing block action in good condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9095, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j******k for 162.50
 
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Rook, National Arms Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-1107220322 - Rook, National Arms Swing Block Rifle 1890 JMD-11072
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Rook rifle made by National Arms, a swing block action in 7 mm. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 9094, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to R*****2 for 158.60
 
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Russian Model 1886 Rifle 1886 JMD-1028220323 - Russian Model 1886 Rifle 1886 JMD-10282
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Russian made three band musket model 1886. SN: 11083, JMD Oval Tag: 6372, Condition: Good, >
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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S A & J Goddard Warranted Fowler Rifle 1840's JMD-1038120324 - S A & J Goddard Warranted Fowler Rifle 1840's JMD-10381
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion fowler C. 1840's 20 ga. in fair condition. The lock is marked SA & J Goddard. The barrel is half octagon to round. SN: ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*****y for 231.80
 
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S. Hawken Rifle 1850s JMD-1006820325 - S. Hawken Rifle 1850s JMD-10068
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Kentucky half-stock of walnut with a full engraved lock which appears to be original to the gun. The barrel flat is marked "S. Hawken...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b********g.. for 15,000.00
 
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