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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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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-1113520516 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-11135
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle from Ohio. It has a curly maple stock and percussion lock in about .34 cal. In fair-good condition. SN: N/A, JMD O
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to r*********t for (250.00 + 55.00BP) = 305.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-1190520517 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-11905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kentucky full-stock maker unknown, engraved trigger guard, breech &tang, fixed sights, ramrod, crescent steel butt plate. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag:...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-1193120518 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-11931
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unknown manufacturer, Kentucky, 1/2 stock cut down rifle. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 1662, >
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-1195520519 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1840s JMD-11955
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rifle, Unknown manufacturer, Kentucky Half-Stock .32 cal, Double trigger. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2125, Condition: Fair, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m***n for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1841 JMD-1026220520 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1841 JMD-10262
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle date stamped 1841 on a barrel flat with a G. Gulcher percussion lock. The stock may be a replacement and is in exc
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-1113320521 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-11133
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a full-stock Kentucky rifle in about .35 cal. It has tiger stripe maple with good color configuration and a percussion lock. It is late period
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-1181920522 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-11819
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unknown manufacturer, Kentucky full-stock Musket.47 cal, octagon barrel, blade front/notch fixed rear sight, cheek rest stock, brass crescent butt pla
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-1188920523 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1850s JMD-11889
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unknown manufacturer, Kentucky Percussion Half-Stock, octagon barrel, blade front/ leaf sight rear sight, large cheek rest, metal crescent Schutzen st
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to s******0 for (180.00 + 39.60BP) = 219.60
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1860's JMD-1050520524 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1860's JMD-10505
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A replica full-stock Kentucky rifle in excellent condition. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 6534, Condition: Excellent, >
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to C********s.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1860's JMD-1187320525 - Unknown mfr. Kentucky Rifle 1860's JMD-11873
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A percussion rifle, about .50 cal., maker unknown, the lock is marked J. D. Ponas, a Kentucky Half-Stock, octagon barrel, blade front/notch fixed rear
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to m********5 for (2,400.00 + 600.00BP) = 3,000.00
 
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