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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 In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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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Remington 513-T Rifle 1940s JMD-1210310370 - Remington 513-T Rifle 1940s JMD-12103
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Remington, 513-T, Match Master, missing front sight, blade notch rear sight, smooth fore/pistol grip, metal butt plate SN: LTT, JMD Oval Tag: 3083, Co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to S*******n for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Remington 514 Rifle 1940s JMD-1170710372 - Remington 514 Rifle 1940s JMD-11707
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Remington, 514.22 S, L, LR, bolt-action single-shot, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, smooth fore/pistol grip, rubber butt plate. SN: 77, JMD O
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to f********e for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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Remington 550-1 Rifle 1930's JMD-1165110373 - Remington 550-1 Rifle 1930's JMD-11651
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Remington, 550-1.22 S, L, LR, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, tube fed, plastic butt plate. Tube load, approx. 1938 carbine Williams famous in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-1166110374 - Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-11661
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Remington, 550-1.22 S, L, LR, blade front/leaf rear sight, rubber butt plate. SN: KYY, JMD Oval Tag: 4492, Condition: Very Good, >> FFL IS REQ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r*****G for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-1166310375 - Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-11663
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Remington, 550-1, semi-auto.22 S, L, LR, tub fed, blade front/leaf rear sight, plastic butt plate. SN: AXX, JMD Oval Tag: 10000, >> FFL IS REQ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-1166510376 - Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-11665
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Remington, Model 550-1, semi-auto.22 S.L.LR, tube fed, 24Ó-barrel, front/leaf adjustable rear sight, plastic butt plate. SN: LL9, JMD Oval Tag:...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-1166710377 - Remington 550-1 Rifle 1940s JMD-11667
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Remington, Model 550-1, semi-auto.22 S.L.LR, tube fed, 24Ó-barrel, front/leaf adjustable rear sight, plastic butt plate. SN: CYY, JMD Oval Tag:...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*****e for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Remington 721 Rifle 1940s JMD-1168510378 - Remington 721 Rifle 1940s JMD-11685
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Remington, 721, .30-06 Springfield, bolt-action sporterized, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, smooth fore/pistol grip, cheek rest stock, rubber
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to G******7 for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Remington 722 Rifle 1940s JMD-1169910379 - Remington 722 Rifle 1940s JMD-11699
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Remington, 722.222 RE., blade front/ leaf adjustable rear sight, checkered fore/pistol grip, sling attached, rubber butt plate. SN: 132236, JMD Oval T
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to s*******5 for (325.00 + 81.25BP) = 406.25
 
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