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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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Carved Stone Faces JMD-1517830238 - Carved Stone Faces JMD-15178
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Unusual sandstone carved faces. Assumed North American, no location data known.about 6". The lot also includes a partial sandstone center body...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to n********d.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Chert Hoe Group JMD-1511130239 - Chert Hoe Group JMD-15111
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 chert hoes, probably midwestern, 4-6"
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Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Chert Hoes JMD-1515530240 - Chert Hoes JMD-15155
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three midwestern chert hoes. About 4 x 9".
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Chert Projectile Group JMD-1511330241 - Chert Projectile Group JMD-15113
Holabird Western Americana Collections
White chert tools and points. Four large hand tools, up to 3 x 9". Some of the pieces here have been adhered to a small frame. (2 Bennington ma...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Chert Scrapers JMD-1515130242 - Chert Scrapers JMD-15151
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nineteen chert scrapers, mostly midwestern white chert. Only onle labeled with provenance- Doniphan Co. Kansas. Generally 3-5"
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Chinese Red Clay Pipe JMD-1506630243 - Chinese Red Clay Pipe JMD-15066
Holabird Western Americana Collections
22" stem, red clay bowl, note uncoiling
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to a******a for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Chisel Point Hammers JMD-1517230244 - Chisel Point Hammers JMD-15172
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fourteen chisel point, often poilshed, hammers. Variety of sized from about 4 to 8".
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Chisle Point, Flat bottom Hammers JMD-1517330245 - Chisle Point, Flat bottom Hammers JMD-15173
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six hammers or tomahawks with a carved flat botton and deep grooves for attachment to a handle. Nearly uniform is size but multilithic compositions.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to v*******v for (325.00 + 71.50BP) = 396.50
 
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Double Bit Axes JMD-1511830246 - Double Bit Axes JMD-15118
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Flaked and chipped double bit axes, , 5 count, 4-8". One has a label showing Doniphan Kansas, 1929.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******K for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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Early Midwestern Pots JMD-1522730247 - Early Midwestern Pots JMD-15227
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The label from the musseum states this is mid-mississippian. 6" x 6" pot. Repairs to lip. The second pot is missing part of a side and is...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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