Part 9 - Wood Puzzles

Lots w1-35


Lot w1 - Heart of Hearts
Est. value: $30.03 Current bid: $62
Designed: Pentangle
Manufactured: Tom Lensch

Size: 12x11x3cm

Notes: Three secret compartments, each containing a penny. Fit and finish is good.

Lot w2 - Trick Opening Box
Est. value: $15 Current bid: $28
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Size: 13x8x7cm

Notes: Trick opening box. Slight warping and separation of side panels.

Lot w3 - Trench-T-Square
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $24
Designed and manufactured: Kevin Holmes

Size: 14x14cm

Notes: Sliding block puzzle; move T from lower left to upper right (starting position not shown).

Lot w4 - Dragon's Eggs
Est. value: $15 Current bid: $75
Designed and manufactured: Pentangle

Size: 11x9x7cm

Notes: Beautiful design; repack 4 wood pieces to conceal 3 spherical eggs.

Lot w5 - Pinned Cube
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $27
Designed and manufactured: aarikka (Finland)

Size: 6x6x6cm

Notes: 6 removable dowels; 9 triominoes.

Lot w6 - No Lot
     
 
Lot w7 - 18-Rod Cube
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $99
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Cube size: 6x6x6cm

Notes: 18 interlocking rods.

Lot w8 - RD Dissection
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $21
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Edge Length: 5cm

Notes: Four identical pieces.

Lot w9 - Pennyhedron
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $39
Designed: Stewart Coffin
Manufacturer: unknown

Size: 5cm

Notes: Larger version of Coffin's famous 2-piece puzzle.

Lot w10 - Miscellaneous Wood Interlocking Puzzles
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $18
Size: red cube: 5x5x5cm

Notes: red cube is 4 pieces; plain cube is 9 pieces; egg is standard JWIP; egg has random writing on it.

Lot w11 - The Puzzler
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $58
Designed and manufactured: Drueke Blue Chip Game Co.

Size: 21x14x3cm

Notes: Adhesive labels on most blocks.

Lot w12 - Homemade Oskar's Cube
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $12
Designed: Oskar van Deventer
Manufactured: David Bruce

Size: 9x9x9cm

Notes: Cube appear to be held together only by adhesive tape.

Lot w13 - Portable Oskar's Cube
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $67
Designed: Oskar van Deventer
Manufactured: David Bruce

Cube Size: 9x9x9cm

Notes:Rods disassemble for easy transport. Some pencil marks on cube. Very well made.

Lot w14 - No Lot
     
 
Lot w15 - Four Ts
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $14
Manufactured: RGee Watkins

Size: 8x8x2cm

Notes: Making a square is easy - second problem is to form a "+".

Lot w16 - No Lot
     
 
Lot w17 - Four Pyramids
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $21
Designed and manufactured: various

Edge length (colored tetrahedron): 11cm

Notes: quality is variable. 3 different 4-piece dissections.

Lot w18 - No Lot
     
 
Lot w19 - Pegs and Cubes
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $17
Designed and manufactured: Charles Gantt?

Size: 4x4x4cm

Notes: 8 cubes and 10 pegs form a solid cube.

Lot w20 - Box of Blocks 2
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $42
Designed and manufactured: Charles Gantt

Size: 7x7x7cm

Notes: 13 blocks of various sizes (American Selection) pack in the box.

Lot w21 - Suzy Cube
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $42
Designed and manufactured: Charles Gantt

Size: 7x7x7cm

Notes: 6 polycubes pack to form a checkerboarded cube.

Lot w22 - Golf Ball Cube
Est. value: $25 Current bid: $63
Designed: Aaron Kirpich
Manufactured: Interlocking Puzzles

Size: 7x7x7cm

Notes: Tricky (and delicate) mechanism to remove first face. interior is hollow and can hole a golf ball. Excellent fit and finish.

Lot w23 - No Lot
     
 
Lot w24 - Cube Surprise
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $16
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Cube Size: 4x4x4cm

Notes: 2-piece cube is hollow, revealing an 8-piece cube dissection inside. Fit and finish is crude.

Lot w25 - USA Double Vee Puzzle
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $21
Designed and manufactured: Keith Winegar

Size: 13x9x3cm

Notes: This is not the more famous Wedge-Key design (which requires a special move to disassemble). Pieces must be assembled in a specific order.

Lot w26 - Tube Maze
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $47
Designed: Joseph Tamir

Size: 12x4x4cm

Notes: End of center piece inscribed "16". Central paths are somewhat rough, but exterior finish is good (except for Tamir's original label on one end).

Lot w27 - Wookey Hole
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $54
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Size: 7x7x7cm

Notes: Finish is good; fit is fare.

Lot w28 - 3-D Tessit-Hex
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $31
Designed: Joseph Tamir

Diameter: 12cm

Notes: 2 sets of 3 identical pieces.

Lot w29 - Bermuda Triangle
Est. value: $15 Current bid: $13
Manufactured: Pentangle

Edge length: 11cm

Notes: 5 piece assembly.

Lot w30 - Two-Piece Pyramid
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $3
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Edge length: 8cm

Notes: 2 identical pieces.

Lot w31 - 3-Piece Pyramid
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $18
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Edge length: 8cm

Notes: 3 distinct pieces.

Lot w32 - ?-Piece Pyramid
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $31
Designed and manufactured: Adrian Fisher

Edge length: 14cm

Notes: Puzzle is taped in place; number of pieces not determined.

Lot w33 - 4-Piece Pyramid
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $39
Designed and manufactured: unknown

Edge length: 11cm

Notes: Challenging 4-piece assembly.

Lot w34 - Homemade Spider Slider
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $24
Designer and manufacturer:

Stick Length: 9cm

Notes: David's homemade version of the Spider Slider. 6 identical pieces. Exterior shape is a slightly augmented from Coffin's #5. Rough and unfinished.

Lot w35 - Squirrel Cage
Est. value: n/a Current bid: $5
Designed and manufactured: Pentangle

Size: 6x6x6cm

Notes: 24 identical pieces. Fairly loose; tape holding 2 faces in place.


Last updated on April 09, 2004

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