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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. Kentucky Half-Stock Rifle 1820s JMD-1059420476 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Half-Stock Rifle 1820s JMD-10594
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a rifle that has been restocked using a flintlock using a Tower lock marked GR under the crown. About .40 cal. with a swamped barrel. SN: N/A,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to s******0 for 335.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle JMD-1114320477 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle JMD-11143
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle; the maker and state of origin are unknown. The telltale will be the double line along the bottom edge of the waln
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to m***n for 200.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1770 JMD-1021720478 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1770 JMD-10217
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This is a half-stock flintlock rifle built where the lock appears to be original to the gun. Note the heavy butt plate and early architecture of the g
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to H***y for 1,125.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840 JMD-1020720479 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840 JMD-10207
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This Kentucky full-stock rifle wears a patchbox of the Lehigh or Bucks Co. Pennsylvania style however it also has a very long tang suggesting an origi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to y********c.. for 244.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840 JMD-1026520480 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840 JMD-10265
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a left handed lock full-stock Kentucky rifle. The lockplate is marked with an "H" and an arrow in the horizontal line. This is the...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 1,062.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1021120481 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10211
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion half-stock Kentucky rifle. The lock is a Gulcher style and the stock is walnut. About .45 cal. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2067, Condi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 312.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1026920482 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10269
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle of Ohio origin. fair condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 7082, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to o*********s for 274.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1027120483 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10271
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This is an original Kentucky rifle origin unknown but marked on the lockplate with initials. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 7272, Condition: Poor, >
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to m***n for 187.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1027520484 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10275
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This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle without any brass furniture. Later period architecture. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2278, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to m***n for 187.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1032720485 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10327
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is small bore .36 cal. full-stock Kentucky rifle in fair condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2127, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 2*****I for 250.00
 
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