Nickel Box

USD 265.00

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Postage: USD 40.00 to France
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Gregory (68 )

Registered Since: 06/04/2012 17:10:07
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t****s (46 )	USD 265.00	02/12/2021 12:33:23
P****r (50 )	USD 250.00	02/12/2021 09:13:44
t****s (46 )	USD 240.00	02/12/2021 09:13:44
P****r (50 )	USD 220.00	02/12/2021 09:12:53
t****s (46 )	USD 210.00	02/12/2021 09:12:53
P****r (50 )	USD 189.00	02/12/2021 02:13:15
t****s (46 )	USD 179.00	02/07/2021 19:13:21

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t****s (46 )	USD 265.00	1	02/14/2021 12:02:03

Description

Hours of puzzling work for a piece of art, wonderfull woods gives to this puzzle a wonderfull look.

The best way to describe this rare and puzzling piece of art is to redirect you to Puzzlemad's blog :

https://www.puzzlemad.co.uk/2012/08/nickel-box.html

some extracts :

" Limited to only 20 copies, it is a caged burr measuring 7.5cm on each axis and is surprisingly heavy (400g) due to the use of Ebony as its main component [...] The burrs are carved from a single piece of wood with no gluing used at all. The embellishments to the burr pieces and box are made from Beech.

[...]

Without the colouring provided by the Beech dowels there 19,344 possible assemblies of these pieces of which 1914 can actually be achieved. The toughest achievable assembly is enforced by the use of the extra colours/Beech dowels. This limits the possibilities to 3 assemblies and only one actually achieveable !

[...]

Whilst 28 moves should not be tremendously difficult, there are dozens of false starts and blind alleys to go down making this a really really tough puzzle. It took me 2 weeks of attention to get the first piece out and then several more days before I finally managed to extract the rest. Even after 2 pieces had been removed, I was staggered at how difficult it was to get the third out!"

Signed by Maurice Vigouroux.

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Specifications

Designer: Donald Osselaer, stephane chomine
Craftsman / Manufacturer: Maurice Vigouroux
Material: Ebony, padouck, beech (dowel)
Unit of Measurement: Centimeters
Size: 7.1 x 7.1 x 7.1 cm
Grade: (A) Collector: Flaws must be very minor, subtle, and difficult to identify.
Cosmetic Issues: -
Function: (2) Excellent: Very slightly loose or tight, no force needed, no alignment issues.
Functional Issues: -
Repairs: No
Packaging: No
Documentation: No
Assembly: Assembled
Smoke-free home: -

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Payment Methods: PayPal

Postage & Shipping

Item Location: 82000, tarn et garonne, France
Ships To: Worldwide
Shipping Instructions: Winner pays shipping cost plus packaging
Shipping price is just an estimation (and include the packaging), it will be recalculate exactly.
Before payement, message me at the end of the auction to calculate total exact price.
For multiple items, combined shipping is available.

Returns Accepted: No