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Oxford Arms was a hardware store trade name on guns made by several companies, but the 1915 patent date indicates it is a Stevens 5000 or 5100 or 311, made from 1920 to 1989. If one of these numbers is marked on the receiver, it can narrow the manufacture date down a little. Value will be $150 to $250.
50-150 USD
OXFORD ARMS CO was a tradename used by Belknap Hardware of Louisville, Kentucky on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Arms Company and by J. Stevens Arms Company. It will not have a serial number as these were not required on firearms sold in the US before 1968.
Oxford Arms Company: Trade name used by the H. & D. Folsom Arms Company on firearms made for the Belknap Hardware Company of Louisville, Kentucky. Folsom had guns manufactured by a subsidiary company, Crescent Arms, and also imported many from a variety of Belgian firms. Value will be $50-$75 for a single shot or $100-$150 for a double barrel in "average used" condition.
$150, gunbroker.com
Oxford - toy company - was created in 1961.
Oxford Bus Company was created in 1881.
Shooter value only. Oxford Arms was a trade name used by Belknap Hardware for guns distributed by H.D. Folsom and made by Crescent Arms. There is no collector's interest.
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Carl Inger Hammer has written: 'Some social and institutional aspects of town-gown relations in late medieval and Tudor Oxford' -- subject(s): History, Privileges and immunities, Social conditions, University of Oxford
Sadlier Oxford is not a person, therefore it is not dead. Sadlier Oxford is an educational company based out of New York.
That patent date means it was manufactured by Stevens. Value will run from $25 if rusted or busted to $200+ if in like-new condition.