When it comes to Jesse's puzzles, Smuggler's Hold is a nice compact one which makes carrying it around easy so I can show it off to friends and family without much worry about it being too big or delicate to share! It looks incredible as if it's an actual smuggling pirate's artifact and is deceptive in how much puzzling it can hide away in such a tiny space!
I wouldn't consider it the best of Jesse's work, but that's because he's got so many utterly astonishingly incredible puzzles which overshadows Smuggler's Hold by a massive amount. Sea Chest literally did the pirate theming first and far better. But well considering how that now can only be gotten by spending thousands at auctions, Smuggler's Hold is a nice "cost-effective" option in comparison hahaha.
It's also meant to be the first in a series of puzzles call the Infinity Cubes which is a pretty interesting idea where they're all the same compact size that Jesse has challenged himself to restrict himself to. Hopefully each one is better than the last with Smuggler's Hold setting such a high bar for the rest to live up to!
This is one of the earlier versions from before Jesse increased the selling price to $556 as can be seen on his website: https://www.jesseborn.com/#for-sale
I don't believe Jesse altered the build of the puzzle in any way as a reason for the price increase. He just seemed to decide that the original price tag of $339 was too low to be worth making the puzzle for. But I mention this in case there is some sort of difference that I'm unaware of. It's also supposed to be a puzzle he keeps in stock at all times, but it's been out of stock for a while now and I have no idea when it'll be back if ever.
Please note that I'll be busy this upcoming week, and can't promise that I will be able to immediately ship out the puzzles after the current set of auctions end. I may be delayed until next Monday the 16th before I ship out to the auction winners.
I accept and prefer using Zelle as my payment method of choice.I
accept Paypal. I prefer Friends & Family due to the IRS tax rules.
But if you rather pay with Goods & Services, I will accommodate that
preference.I accept Wise for international buyers.
I am willing to consider other desired payment methods.
Shipping is USPS or UPS
Buyer
chooses the shipping service and shipping speed, First Class or
Priority (assuming the package is under the weight limit for First
Class).
Insurance is optional, but buyer has to cover it if it is desired.
I ask the winner to hold off on paying until after I calculate and message final shipping costs to be added to the final bid.
