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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 Rifle 1840's JMD-1047120496 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10471
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle from Ohio, maker unknown, in .38 cal. Light colored wood. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2131, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to s******r for (225.00 + 49.50BP) = 274.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1047520497 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10475
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Kentucky full-stock rifle possibly of Pennsylvania origin. The wood is tiger stripe maple with a very early stock repair. About .45 cal. SN:
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to y********c.. for (275.00 + 60.50BP) = 335.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1047920498 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10479
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Lancaster, Pennsylvania rifle with the familiar daisy head patchbox and triangular shape butt stock. It is in percussion ignition and may ha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to H***y for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1050120499 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10501
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle in about .50 cal. with nice tiger stripe wood maple. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6307, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r*********t for (275.00 + 60.50BP) = 335.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1050320500 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10503
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle with origins in Ohio or Western Pennsylvania. Late architecture with a flame patchbox and a rounded cheek piece po
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1051320501 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10513
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an Ohio half-stock rifle with a back-action lock mounted in walnut. The barrel is marked Philadelphia. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 783, Condition:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to k****6 for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1051920502 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10519
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle with a heavy barrel, about .30 cal. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6146, Condition: Excellent, >
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to m***n for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1052320503 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10523
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle in about .46 cal. in good condition. Missing the ramrod. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6250, Condition: Good, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m***n for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1052520504 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10525
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Western Pennsylvania full-stock or early Ohio gun. Beautiful tiger stripe maple stock no frills. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6290, Condition: Ver
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to d*******f for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-1053120505 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840's JMD-10531
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle in.38 cal. with a back-action lock. In good condition; walnut stock. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 7083, Condition: Good,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to C**********8 for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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