J.M. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction

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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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Bakery Pins JMD-1522030180 - Bakery Pins JMD-15220
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 small bakery pins
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Booze Pins (4) JMD-1522530181 - Booze Pins (4) JMD-15225
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Anheuser Busch ginger ale, Four Roses., Nelson Distilling, Corkscrew Club
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to v*******v for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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Newspaper Pins (3) JMD-1521230182 - Newspaper Pins (3) JMD-15212
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Billboard and 2 Boston Herald
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to l******4 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Shoe Related Pins JMD-1520130183 - Shoe Related Pins JMD-15201
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Approx 17 shoe pins
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to m********1 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Food, Coffee, Tobacco Pins (12) JMD-1526530184 - Food, Coffee, Tobacco Pins (12) JMD-15265
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 small and medium pins. Heinz pickle-repaired?, Lion Coffee, Walker's Austex and more
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Schottens Chief Blend Coffee Pins JMD-1523630185 - Schottens Chief Blend Coffee Pins JMD-15236
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 small oval stickpins
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Catlinite Pipes (2) JMD-1521930186 - Catlinite Pipes (2) JMD-15219
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Catlinite bowls, 1 with unusual pattern, miss matched stem
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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Carved Pipes (4) JMD-1506130187 - Carved Pipes (4) JMD-15061
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2.5" Meerschaum dog in case-broken, 5" African etched rhino c. 1880-1900, 7" brown in case, 8.5" in case with broken tip
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to R*****2 for (90.00 + 19.80BP) = 109.80
 
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Corncob and other pipes JMD-1507830188 - Corncob and other pipes JMD-15078
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 corncobs, conventional and stick pipes
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Meerschaum Pipes (3) JMD-1506230189 - Meerschaum Pipes (3) JMD-15062
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4" mans face, well used, end of handle broken. Meerschuam style hunter 6", Meerschaum children 4.5", All cased
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Vintage Chinese Carve Clay Pipe JMD-1506330190 - Vintage Chinese Carve Clay Pipe JMD-15063
Holabird Western Americana Collections
21" Bamboo stem
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to v*******v for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Presidential Pins JMD-1500330191 - Presidential Pins JMD-15003
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 70 Presidentail and political pins, Chester Arthur, Willkie, Wilson and more
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Work Union Pin Collection JMD-1500430192 - Work Union Pin Collection JMD-15004
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 100 small and large union pins c 1920's to 40's
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Antique Horse Shoeing Print JMD-1000730193 - Antique Horse Shoeing Print JMD-10007
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From the original Picture by Edwin Landseer, R.A. London, May 1, 1848. FG Moon, her Majesty's publisher. 35 x 43" in original frame. Heavil...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Stone Mountain Monument Print JMD-1000230194 - Stone Mountain Monument Print JMD-10002
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Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Stone Mountain Monument Print. Lith. By Foote & Davies, Atlanta. Minor foxing and toning. ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Advertising Ribbon Collection JMD-1503430195 - Advertising Ribbon Collection JMD-15034
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 25 advertising ribbons
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*****E for (20.00 + 0.00BP) = 20.00
 
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Assorted Pins and Ribbons JMD-1503330196 - Assorted Pins and Ribbons JMD-15033
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 20 assorted pins and ribbons
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to j***d for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
 
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Civil War Vets/ Spanish American War Ribbons JMD-1503630197 - Civil War Vets/ Spanish American War Ribbons JMD-15036
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 20 ribbons
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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IOOF Ribbons JMD-1503130198 - IOOF Ribbons JMD-15031
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 20 early 20th century IOOF ribbons
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Ironton, Oho Ribbon Collection JMD-1503830199 - Ironton, Oho Ribbon Collection JMD-15038
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 40 Ironton, OH ribbons, c. early 20th century
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
 
 
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