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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

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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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Browning SA22 Rifle 1960s JMD-1166810120 - Browning SA22 Rifle 1960s JMD-11668
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Browning, 22 semi-automatic takedown, folding rear sight and a brass bead front sight, tubular magazine is loaded through a port in the side of the st
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to d*******f for 593.75
 
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BSW Bolt-Action Rifle 1950s JMD-1085510121 - BSW Bolt-Action Rifle 1950s JMD-10855
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a BSW, Bolt Action rifle. chambered in .22 long rifle, SN: 203015, JMD Oval Tag: 7121, Condition: Very Good, >> FFL IS REQUIRED <<
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Estimate : 200.00 - 800.00
Sold to C********K.. for 1,062.50
 
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BSW W625C Rifle 1890s JMD-1083810122 - BSW W625C Rifle 1890s JMD-10838
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a bolt-action rifle, made by BSW, model W625C, in .22 long rifle. Condition is good. SN: 167371, JMD Oval Tag: 8340, Condition: Good, >&g...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to n*******E for 103.70
 
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Budapest M95 Rifle 1940s JMD-1227310123 - Budapest M95 Rifle 1940s JMD-12273
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rifle, Budapest, 8mm, bolt-action, blade front sight, ladder rear sight. steel butt plate, stock in nice condition. SN: D31587, JMD Oval Tag: 2618, Co
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a********7 for 1,125.00
 
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C.E. Roderick Custom Heavy Barrel Mauser Action Rifle 1970 JMD-1022110124 - C.E. Roderick Custom Heavy Barrel Mauser Action Rifle 1970 JMD-10221
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Mauser action varmint rifle chambered in .22-250. Targets of marmot and crow are relief carved into the stock. It wears a heavy target barre
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to f********l.. for 854.00
 
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Carcano Gardone Bolt-Action Carbine Rifle 1942 JMD-1011410125 - Carcano Gardone Bolt-Action Carbine Rifle 1942 JMD-10114
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This a Carcano battle carbine invented by Stephen Carcano in 1890 and produced between 1891 and 1945; used by Italian, Japanese, and German forces in
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to g********4 for 343.75
 
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Carcano Gardone Bolt-Action Carbine Rifle 194210126 - Carcano Gardone Bolt-Action Carbine Rifle 1942
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This a Carcano battle carbine invented by Stephen Carcano in 1890 and produced between 1891 and 1945; used by Italian, Japanese, and German forces in
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to g********4 for 281.25
 
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Century Arms Bearcat Rifle 1920's JMD-1181710127 - Century Arms Bearcat Rifle 1920's JMD-11817
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Century Arms rifle, Bearcat, dovetail front/ adjustable rear sight, smooth fore/checkered pistol grip stamped "1 of 57" left side of breec...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to 5******t for 219.60
 
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Cghaenel Bolt-Action Rifle 1890s JMD-1097810128 - Cghaenel Bolt-Action Rifle 1890s JMD-10978
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Mauser model 88 in 7.9 mm. A bolt-action rifle with a spoon handle bolt in good condition. It has a beautiful schnabel forearm. SN: 3480, JM
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to n**********9 for 125.00
 
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Cogswell & Harrison Rifle 1925-35 JMD-1036810129 - Cogswell & Harrison Rifle 1925-35 JMD-10368
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a big game rifle made by Cogswell & Harison of London. C & H is the oldest firearms maker in the UK. Good condition from about 1920&...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to a********7 for 2,125.00
 
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