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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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Hennings Pins JMD-1500930120 - Hennings Pins JMD-15009
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 60 small Hennings for Circuit Attorney pins with original pinbacks
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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IOOF Breastbadges (10) JMD-1516830121 - IOOF Breastbadges (10) JMD-15168
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 10 IOOF breastbadges
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Estimate : 100.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to b********t.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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IOOF Breastbadges (5) JMD-1516430122 - IOOF Breastbadges (5) JMD-15164
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Ironton, OH x2, Boone, IA, Candi, NY, 1904 Alabama
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******K for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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IOOF Breastbadges (6) JMD-1516230123 - IOOF Breastbadges (6) JMD-15162
Holabird Western Americana Collections
NY 1911, Harmon Lodge 835, Canton 1921, Atlanta 1910, Cameo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to b********t.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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IOOF Breastbadges (6) JMD-1516730124 - IOOF Breastbadges (6) JMD-15167
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1903 partial, Missouri 1912, Ironton, OH, x3 1905 Connecticut
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******K for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
 
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Large Badge Collection JMD-1003730125 - Large Badge Collection JMD-10037
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large board with about 68 pinback badges, at least half with medals commemorating many different events. Includes masons, and a wide variety. Formerly
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Large Badge Collection with Presidential ribbons. JMD-1508630126 - Large Badge Collection with Presidential ribbons. JMD-15086
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Large collection ofbadges and pinbacks, c1890-1930. About 32 ribbons-many with medals, about 45 pinbacks. Some of the best may be Roosevelt Escort (te
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Large Ribbon and button Collection JMD-1510530127 - Large Ribbon and button Collection JMD-15105
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Two large display sheets of ribbons and buttons from the Davis Museum. A) A St. Louis school group, c 1910-1930, and the second a wide vareity of pinb
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Large Ribbon and Pinback Collection JMD-1508730128 - Large Ribbon and Pinback Collection JMD-15087
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mostly Knights Templar badges medals and ribbons. This is a remarkable group for artistic design and variety. Ribbons reflect places all over America-
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Live stock Badges (2) JMD-1520930129 - Live stock Badges (2) JMD-15209
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Kansas City, MO 1903, Texas 1897-torn
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to j*****y for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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