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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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Pistol 1840s JMD-1115920966 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11159
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol that gives meaning to the name "hand cannon". A single-shot device trigger method unknown. About .73 cal. SN: ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (425.00 + 106.25BP) = 531.25
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1116320967 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11163
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol at about .78 caliber. Thought to be a European made pistol dated 1768 on the lockplate. Which mean this pistol was origina
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1116520968 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11165
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This pistol has an obscure hammer design where the percussion point may be internal to the gun. C. 1840-1860s. About .63 caliber. Maker and origin unk
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t****r for (3,000.00 + 750.00BP) = 3,750.00
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1117920969 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11179
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol of .62 cal. that may have started life as a military contract pistol judging by the lug on the bottom of the muzzle where
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1118120970 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11181
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol of the 1840's period. In .58 caliber imported from Germany or Austria. About 14 in overall. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 4...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to a********j for (190.00 + 41.80BP) = 231.80
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1118320971 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11183
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is thought to be a French percussion pistol in about .60 cal. Overall length is 20 in. in a European walnut stock. The barrel is octagon to round
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to A*********s for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1119120972 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11191
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol of an unknown maker. The gun is about 13 in. overall length with a 7 in. barrel. The barrel is bored to about .54 cal. and
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to b********d.. for (375.00 + 82.50BP) = 457.50
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1119720973 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11197
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is dug-up gun in non-working order. A Marston pistol with a 4 in. barrel about .32 caliber. In dig-up condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 8782, Con
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to s******k for (600.00 + 132.00BP) = 732.00
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1120120974 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11201
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol of French origin 13 in. overall length and a 6 in. barrel octagon to round and no banded. It has a beautifully detailed po
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (550.00 + 137.50BP) = 687.50
 
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Pistol 1840s JMD-1120520975 - Pistol 1840s JMD-11205
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion pistol in about .34 cal. maker unknown. with a 12 in. barrel. Condition id fair. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 438, Condition: Fair, &...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to p**********f for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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