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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McKinley Medal JMD-1502030330 - McKinley Medal JMD-15020
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.5" copper McKinley 1898 medal
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to f*****E for (55.00 + 0.00BP) = 55.00
 
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British Badges (3) JMD-1512030331 - British Badges (3) JMD-15120
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 white metal British badges
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to B****7 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Farming Medal, Silver JMD-1523430332 - Farming Medal, Silver JMD-15234
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c. 1920 silver farming medal, 1.5"
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******0 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Foreign Military Medals (3) JMD-1517030333 - Foreign Military Medals (3) JMD-15170
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fairfax 2110, Gen. Haller 1923, WW1 Mercantile Marine
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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General US Grant Medal JMD-1513930334 - General US Grant Medal JMD-15139
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2.5" copper medal
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50
 
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James Buchanan Medal JMD-1513830335 - James Buchanan Medal JMD-15138
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3" copper medal. Was wrapped in oil cloth
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to i***7 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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James Madison Medal JMD-1513630336 - James Madison Medal JMD-15136
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2.5" copper medal
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to y*******t for (250.00 + 55.00BP) = 305.00
 
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JQ Adams Medal JMD-1514030337 - JQ Adams Medal JMD-15140
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2.5" copper medal
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t****n for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Knights Templar Medals (3) JMD-1521830338 - Knights Templar Medals (3) JMD-15218
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 medals 1.25-1.5", copper and white metal
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Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
Sold to L********r for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Missouri School of Mines Fortieth Anniv Medal JMD-1510730339 - Missouri School of Mines Fortieth Anniv Medal JMD-15107
Holabird Western Americana Collections
silver colored medal, 1.3" diameter, 1911. rare.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to f*****E for (15.00 + 0.00BP) = 15.00
 
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