HepTIC by Andrew Crowell

So normally, I wouldn't think about listing a puzzle without mentioning its name or designer, but I have had this TIC for months now and there isn't a single person who I asked with any clue what the name of this TIC even is. If I at least knew the designer's name, I could contact them for identification, but no luck there!

I suspect this was a personal copy someone made of a tic they saw only through pictures. It's made entirely out of one wood type and the pieces are glued together instead of using dowels for reinforcement.

The TIC is moderately hard. I'd rank it about medium difficulty compared to other TICs I have done. It's easy enough to get most of the pieces assembled, but there's always one piece left out that refuses to cooperate and settle down. I had some fun with this one even as it frustrated me when I tried looking up its name!

EDIT - So a very helpful person sent me a message shortly after this auction was posted to tell me that it was HepTIC which I quickly confirmed after checking to see that the pieces matched! Apparently, the design of HepTIC has a funny story behind it relating the 4 pieces to being a cage, monkey, banana, and a door which works well with the confusion of the solve. The amusing story can be read about here: https://www.zenpuzzler.com/2019/11/monkey-business-heptic.html