Auction Details
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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30138Sweet 16 Gum Pin Collection JMD-15005Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 60 smal pins featuring world nations and their flags.Original pinbacks.
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 150.00
30140US Military Breastbadges JMD-15194Holabird Western Americana Collections
35 point stars, 1 labled Missouri 1906, 2"
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to f*****E for 55.00
30145ZINC Mining Badge JMD-15045Holabird Western Americana Collections
American Zinc Institute 1919 badge 1.5'"
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 25.00
30146Claremore Business records JMD-15002Holabird Western Americana Collections
1925 billheads from OEWoods Lumber Co., approx 2" stack
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
30148Alton B Parker Button JMD-15269Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small button with original pinback
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
30151ANTI Hitler Items JMD-15202Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Small buttons, Hel-Mit
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B****7 for 62.50
30152Auto and Motorcycle Buttons (2) JMD-15214Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small, medium and large. Ford, Goodyear, Delco, Yale Motorcycle and more
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 437.50
30153Bawdy Pins (3) JMD-15130Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 female bawdy pins
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 31.25
30154Christmas Buttons (8) JMD-15264Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 Santa Claus and Christmas buttons
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 200.00