The Mechanical Puzzle 130 magazine covers a wide range of mechanical puzzles with both color and black & white photos throughout. It was published in 2006 and it looks like they interviewed various puzzle designers to get some background on their puzzle designs. There are some fun stories in here, mostly in Japanese although there is some English text.I included photos of pages covering Oskar’s puzzles and Karakuri. There is a lot more, including coverage of Hanayama, Rubik’s and variants, a...

Google description: The March/April 2026 issue of Fine Woodworking (issue #322) features the masterful work of Craig Thibodeau, highlighting his "Magical World of Puzzle Furniture."  Thibodeau blends intricate mechanical engineering with fine woodworking to create stunning, complex pieces.Magazine is in excellent condition, from a smoke-free home.  Cover is clean with a couple of minor corner creases.-----Buyer is responsible for shipping.  Please contact me if you need an estimate for intern...

Cow Pasture (or Fence the Cow), made by HanabishiWood sequential movement puzzle.  Goal is to fence in the cow in the lower-right corner.  Includes original box and solution sheet.  Box shows edgewear and has some tape.  Puzzle is in excellent condition.-----Buyer is responsible for shipping which should be $8-12 for small puzzles (within USA, first-class).  Priority mail might be $3 to $6 more.  I charge only exact shipping costs.  Please contact me if you need an estimate for internatio...

Color Match BirdWood 6" x 6" pattern matching puzzle, made by Hikimi.  Goal is to place the pieces in such that the colors of the birds all match up.  Puzzle is in excellent condition.  Box is clean but has a bumped corner.  Original instructions (in Japanese) are included.-----Buyer is responsible for shipping which should be $8-12 for small puzzles (within USA, first-class).  Priority mail might be $3 to $6 more.  I charge only exact shipping costs.  Please contact me if you need an est...

Corky (or Uncorker), designed by Gary FosheeProduced by Bits & Pieces (2005).Photo shows the assembled corkscrew, but the goal is to start with it disassembled (two parts) and figure out how to put it back together to make the wine opener.  Hence, I will ship it in the unsolved, disassembled state.  It's a nice looking metal puzzle, with minor wear and tarnish consistent with its age.  Main body still looks clean and shiny.  The tarnish on the corkscrew has been polished to restore most of t...

Wasserhahn (Water Tap) by the mysterious Roger D.The goal is to get the ball out of the tap.Winning bidder will be invoiced the winning bid amount plus shipping cost, to be calculated after auction ends.

Schlüssel (Key) by the mysterious Roger D.The goal is to remove the key from the lock.The lock will be shipped with key outside of the lock, but locking the key is the trivial part.Winning bidder will be invoiced the winning bid amount plus shipping cost, to be calculated after auction ends.

Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd (1915–2002) is the MASTER of Impossible Figures, and famous for his so-called "Japanese Perspective" impossible drawings, using parallel projections rather than the more common Western "vanishing point" projection.  Unlike his more famous counterpart, M.C. Escher, Reutersvärd rarely embellished his impossible objects with scenery around them.  A mild exception to this policy was his "European Flags" series from the 1990's.  I am offering a signed and numbe...

Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd (1915–2002) is the MASTER of Impossible Figures, and famous for his so-called "Japanese Perspective" impossible drawings, using parallel projections rather than the more common Western "vanishing point" projection.  Unlike his more famous counterpart, M.C. Escher, Reutersvärd rarely embellished his impossible objects with scenery around them.  A mild exception to this policy was his "European Flags" series from the 1990's.  I am offering a signed and numbe...

Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd (1915–2002) is the MASTER of Impossible Figures, and famous for his so-called "Japanese Perspective" impossible drawings, using parallel projections rather than the more common Western "vanishing point" projection.  Unlike his more famous counterpart, M.C. Escher, Reutersvärd rarely embellished his impossible objects with scenery around them.  A mild exception to this policy was his "European Flags" series from the 1990's.  I am offering a signed and numbe...

17 never- or slightly-used Exchange Puzzles from the 38th International Puzzle Party, held in San Diego California in 2018.  The puzzles are extremely varied in their classifications.  Exchangers include the likes of perennial and prominent Puzzle Exchange participants Oskar van Deventer, Wei-Hwa Huang, Marcel Gillen, Jerry Loo, the great Serhiy Grabarchik, Allard Walker, and George Bell, among others. Brief descriptions follow, but I am DELIGHTED to answer more specific questions about any o...

"Convex Concave" is an M.C. Escher inspired 2-dimensional assembly puzzle from the incredibly creative and artistic mind of computer scientist, prolific puzzle designer, and master of the ambigram, Scott Kim.  It was used by Scott as his exchange puzzle for the IPP23 Puzzle Exchange at the Chicago Puzzle Party in 2003.  The object of the puzzle is to use the 7 magnetic pieces to form a variety of 3-D appearing shapes in 2-D!  The puzzle is as it was received at IPP23 in 2003 in Chicago, unop...

This is a very rare Kamei Egg. Whilst the solution is the same the construction methodology for these was very different and their size and weight gar greater than current models.The model is P-10-2 made of Rosewood and was crafted in December of 1987, weighs 700g. Heavy!Works as intended. Comes with original box and instructions (inside).

LIBERTY CUBES is a cleverly designed puzzle by Kate Jones of Kadon Enterprises, prolific manufacturer of games and puzzles, used by Kate as her exchange puzzle at IPP32 held in Washington DC in 2012.  The challenges of LIBERTY CUBES is to arrange the 7 cubes in a tower such that the word L-I-B-E-R-T-Y is spelled on each side.  Once this is done, a "tangram surprise" may be discovered!LIBERTY CUBES comes as received at IPP23 in its original cloth bag, complete with instructions.  It does not ...

Mongolian Zandraa Tumen-Ulzii burst into the international puzzle scene in the early 2000's.  His puzzle museum in Ulaan Baatar was commemorated a few years ago by the Mongolian government with a set of postage stamps!  His puzzles possess a unique flavor not seen in typical western or eastern puzzles.  "Dragon Puzzle With Washington Monument" was Zandraa's design, creation, and exchange puzzle at IPP32, the 32nd International Puzzle Party held in Washington DC in 2012.  It is ...

"Jerrymander" comes from the diabolical mind of the great puzzle designer Bill Cutler, and was used as Bill's exchange puzzle at IPP32 held in Washington DC in 2012.  The puzzle tray was beautifully laser cut and engraved by popular and prolific puzzle craftsperson Walt Hoppe (Laser Perfect), and the pieces were precisely laser cut by Pavel Curtis of Pavel's Puzzles.  The object of the puzzle is to rearrange the pieces of the four different colors (representing four political parties: Democrat...

Apple Tree designed by Benjamin Heidt and produced by Pelikan Puzzles.The puzzle is crafted from acacia, American walnut, and Padauk wood, designed to resemble a tree with apples. It is classified as a Level 8 - Demanding difficulty puzzle. The goal is to take apart the pieces and then reassemble them to have the same number of apples on each side.

This puzzle box represents a stellar, circuitous cyber-sojourn through a number of concealed secrets and virtual stand-offs with a menacing virus, aided by a chipper little robot.Yes, really! :DIt's a wonderful wedding of new technology and tried and true puzzle design.Features lights inside the box, and a functioning miniature computer.-From Jesse Born's website:"The goal of SQ_D and the Shadow Virus is to help SQ_D overcome a rogue AI virus and take back control of the computer! SQ_D is going ...

Jammed Coin is a multi step SD puzzle from Frederic Boucher, crafted beautifully by the Ars Angimae team (some of the same team behind the original CD productions). It is super tricky and the puzzle appears to just keep on going. It was a top10 vote in the 2026 Design Competition and has received much praise.Here is what Allard had to say about it:https://allardspuzzlingtimes.blogspot.com/2026/01/minima-tokyo-aka-jammed-coin.htmlShipping costs to be calculated at auction end

Stickman safe is a multi-step SD puzzle designed by Robert Yarger (Stickman) and machined artfully by Tartarus puzzles. It is a tricky design, a beautiful display piece, and is guaranteed to provide hours of solving fun!Shipping costs to be calculated at auction end