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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Early Clay Pipes (8) JMD-1506930320 - Early Clay Pipes (8) JMD-15069
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 early clay pipes, figural etc, plus a metal protector case
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to t****r for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Old Carved Catlinite Pipes (5) JMD-1507030321 - Old Carved Catlinite Pipes (5) JMD-15070
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 pipes, 2 are clearly pre 1900, 2 shaped clay
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t****r for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Old Clay Pipes (16) JMD-1507630322 - Old Clay Pipes (16) JMD-15076
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 16 old clay pipes from American southeast, some with old museum labels
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Expo Medals (3) JMD-1501630323 - Expo Medals (3) JMD-15016
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.25" white metal 1884, 1.6" St Louis, 1.6" St. Louis
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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GAR Medals (4) JMD-1501830324 - GAR Medals (4) JMD-15018
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.75" 1887 with eagle, 1.75"1902, 1.5" 21st encampment x2
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*****E for (55.00 + 0.00BP) = 55.00
 
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Grover Cleveland Inauguration Medal JMD-1501930325 - Grover Cleveland Inauguration Medal JMD-15019
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3" copper inauguration medal. 1893
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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IOOF 1903 Medal JMD-1501730326 - IOOF 1903 Medal JMD-15017
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.75" copper?, some wear
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to f*****E for (30.00 + 0.00BP) = 30.00
 
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JM Davis Expo Cent and Silver Medal JMD-1503030327 - JM Davis Expo Cent and Silver Medal JMD-15030
Holabird Western Americana Collections
JM Davis personal collections-2.75" 1936 Centennial Expo copper lucky Penny and 1.5" SILVER Museum medal
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*****E for (55.00 + 0.00BP) = 55.00
 
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Livestock and Byrd Medals (3) JMD-1501530328 - Livestock and Byrd Medals (3) JMD-15015
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.25" brass Admiral Byrd 1928-30, 1" white metal Gut Heil, 1.5" brass 1904 Newcomb's Tavern
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to f*****E for (50.00 + 0.00BP) = 50.00
 
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McKinley Inauguration Medal JMD-1501230329 - McKinley Inauguration Medal JMD-15012
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3" copper William McKinley inauguration medal. 1897
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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