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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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Remington Armory Rifle 1940s JMD-1220110380 - Remington Armory Rifle 1940s JMD-12201
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Remington, MOSIN NAGANT 1891 SPORT. 30-06, blade front/notch rear sight, padded butt plate, SN: 583885, JMD Oval Tag: 3359, Condition: Good, >>...
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Remington Improved Rifle 1890's JMD-1172510381 - Remington Improved Rifle 1890's JMD-11725
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Remington Improved 6, .22 Short, Long, Long Rifle. take down, blade front/notch rear sight, rubber butt plate SN: 465891, JMD Oval Tag: 12009, Conditi
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Remington Model 16 Rifle 1920's JMD-1172710382 - Remington Model 16 Rifle 1920's JMD-11727
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Remington, Model 16 autoloading.22 automatic ( specific round for this rifle, will not chamber other .22 rounds), known as the .22 Remington Auto and
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Remington Model 8A Rifle 1911 JMD-1162610383 - Remington Model 8A Rifle 1911 JMD-11626
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Remington, model 8A, semi-auto .30 REM, blade front/step adjustable rear sight, magazine fed, rubber butt plate. Designed by John Browning. SN: 23705,
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Remington Pump Action Rifle 1912 JMD-1162010384 - Remington Pump Action Rifle 1912 JMD-11620
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Remington, pump action.22 S, L, LR, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, ribbed fore/smooth pistol grip, metal butt plate. SN: 340300, JMD Oval Tag
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Remington Rifle 1920's JMD-1172910385 - Remington Rifle 1920's JMD-11729
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Remington, Model 16 autoloading.22 automatic ( specific round for this rifle, will not chamber other .22 rounds), known as the .22 Remington Auto and
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Remmington 510 Rifle 1940s JMD-1167910387 - Remmington 510 Rifle 1940s JMD-11679
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510B TARGETMASTER.22 S, L, LR, bolt-action single-shot, blade front/no rear sight, smooth fore/pistol grip, rubber butt plate SN: 39407, JMD Oval Tag:
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Remmington 510-P Rifle 1940s JMD-1167510388 - Remmington 510-P Rifle 1940s JMD-11675
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510B TARGETMASTER.22 S, L, LR, bolt-action single-shot, blade front/no rear sight, smooth fore/pistol grip, rubber butt plate. SN: SS, JMD Oval Tag: 4
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LOT WITHDRAWN10389 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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