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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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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1046620560 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10466
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock fowler with an octagon to round barrel about 10 ga. Beautifully executed. It uses an "Ashmore" lock. The gunsmith H. ...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to s******0 for (300.00 + 66.00BP) = 366.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1047020561 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10470
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle, maker unknown, from Ohio. In roughly .50 cal. Owner provenance from Arkansas. Stock is if walnut. SN: N/A, JMD Ov
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to k*********w for (225.00 + 49.50BP) = 274.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1047420562 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10474
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rifle is of Ohio origin and on a beautiful tiger stripe maple stock. It has fourteen inlays and some missing. It has a lock marked Sunger &...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to A*********s for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1048020563 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10480
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock Kentucky rifle of Ohio origin on a beautiful honey colored maple stock. It has good tiger stripe. In fair condition, maker unknow
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Estimate : 200.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to h********@.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1048220564 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10482
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a North Carolina poor boy rifle in .44 cal. It has a light-colored stock of straight grain maple. The N.C. origin is in the design of a long t
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1048420565 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10484
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a light stocked half-stock Kentucky rifle n about .50 cal. In a light hard wood. In overall good condition with a capbox and percussion igniti
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1048820566 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10488
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock rifle for parts only. Maker unknown. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 1928, Condition: Poor/Parts Gun, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1049020567 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10490
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Half-stock Kentucky rifle. Poor condition parts gun. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2185, Condition: Poor/Parts Gun, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1051620568 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10516
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a percussion half-stock rifle about .58 cal. in fair condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6228, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 800.00
Sold to f*****E for (100.00 + 0.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-1051820569 - Unknown mfr. Percussion Half-Stock Rifle 1850s JMD-10518
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a half-stock percussion target gun built in Ohio. Walnut stock and a Schutzen butt plate. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6207, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 800.00
Sold to s******0 for (300.00 + 66.00BP) = 366.00
 
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