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J.M. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction
J.M. Davis Private Collection Firearm and Artifact Auction
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Auction Location
330 N J.M. Davis Blvd
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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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Stevens Arms & Tool Co 25/25 Rifle 1894 JMD-11714
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Steven's Arms Company.25 rimfire, single-shot, combination octagon/round barrel, front sight hooded/leaf adjustable rear sight, Swiss brass butt...
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co Marksman-12 Rifle 1885 JMD-10983
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This is a Stevens marksman-12 target rifle. SN: 200, JMD Oval Tag: 4538, Condition: Excellent, >
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co Rifle 1870s JMD-12514
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Stevens Tip Up.32 cal, octagon barrel, iron sights, crescent shoulder rest w/metal butt plate. SN: 32264, JMD Oval Tag: 7252, Condition: Fair, >
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co Rifle 1880s JMD-12562
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co, Falling Block, round/octagon barrel, 22 LR, no front sight, notch blade rear sight, parts gun, mechanism missing for han...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 212.50
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co Rifle 1894 JMD-11712
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co.25 rimfire, half -octagon/ half round barrel, blade front/leaf adjustable rear sight, brass butt plate. SN: 29628, JMD Ov...
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Sold to l****J for 244.00
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Stevens Arms & Tool Co Single-Shot Rifle 1920s JMD-11012
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This is a Stevens Arms & Tool Co, single-shot shotgun 12 ga. parts only, SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 4473, Condition: Poor/Parts Gun, >
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
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Stevens Crackshot 26 Rifle 1880s JMD-10952
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This is a Stevens, Crackshot model 26, from the c.1880's in .22 black-powder. SN: N/A, JMD Oval Tag: 2446, Condition: Fair, >
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Sold to 8********l.. for 162.50
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Stevens Falling Block Rifle 1890s JMD-11732
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Steven's Arms Company, 44 TARGET.22, single-shot falling-block, Blade front sight w/rear leaf adjustable sight. smooth fore/pistol grip, crescen...
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Sold to D*******y for 281.25
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Stevens Falling Block Rifle 1890s JMD-11734
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Steven's Arms Company Favorite.32 long, single-shot falling-block, combination octagon/round barrel, blade front sight /notch rear sight, Swiss ...
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Sold to 8********l.. for 150.00
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Stevens Falling Block Rifle 1894 JMD-10956
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This is a Stevens, falling-block falling-block rifle. The model is Favorite in .25 Stevens. Condition is good. SN: 799, JMD Oval Tag: 2447, Condition:
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 162.50
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