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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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Unknown mfr. Experimental Rifle 1850 JMD-1061520416 - Unknown mfr. Experimental Rifle 1850 JMD-10615
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle is of an unknown maker chambered in .38 cal. Experimental design. 1850's SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2155, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to m***n for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Unknown mfr. Flintlock Half-Stock Rifle 1860 JMD-1059820417 - Unknown mfr. Flintlock Half-Stock Rifle 1860 JMD-10598
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This beautifully built half-stock rifle was made by V. Powell and the barrel made by A. Black. This is a Maryland made gun with a honey tiger stripe m
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to b********d.. for (1,100.00 + 242.00BP) = 1,342.00
 
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Flintlock Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-1060020419 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Flintlock Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-10600
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle with an unexplained percussion system for ignition. It uses the frizzen spring to hold a powder cover but without
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1820 JMD-1059620420 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1820 JMD-10596
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This full-stock Kentucky rifle is a marriage of parts. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 775, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to s******0 for (475.00 + 104.50BP) = 579.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1820s JMD-1181420421 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1820s JMD-11814
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unknown manufacturer, Kentucky full-stock Musket .40 cal, octagon barrel, blade front/notch fixed rear sight, cheek rest stock, brass crescent butt pl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1830's JMD-1059920422 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1830's JMD-10599
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle in flintlock with an artificially striped maple stock. The patchbox is a late addition to the gun. SN: N/A, JMD Ov
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to L********1 for (2,600.00 + 650.00BP) = 3,250.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1830s JMD-1020820423 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1830s JMD-10208
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle may be a marriage of parts from an earlier gun. Flintlock ignition. The architecture may be Tennessee. The stock is in fair condition. SN:
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to s******0 for (475.00 + 104.50BP) = 579.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-1033820424 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-10338
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This full-stock Kentucky rifle is in good condition because some repairs have been made to the lock area. An attempt has been made to fire this old gu
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to d*******f for (1,100.00 + 275.00BP) = 1,375.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1850 JMD-1063620425 - Unknown mfr. Full-Stock Kentucky Rifle 1850 JMD-10636
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle in .42 cal. Dark honey color tiger stripe maple stock in fair condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2178, Condition: F
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to m***n for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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