ID: 139849 Closed

Threepence - Stewart Coffin Design #261 by Saul Bobroff

Canuck 409

Item Location: Canada

$25.00

: Closed

Place Bid

USD

Minimum Bid: $30.00 1 bid

Make Offer

USD / item

Bids

Bidder	Amount	Date
F****m 643	$25.00	05.10.2025 19:01:30

8 watching 605 views

Description

This is Stewart Coffin’s follow up to his Three-Piece Block puzzle (Design #38) that stumped many puzzlers over the years! This one was used by Saul at IPP 38 for his Exchange Gift and packed the pieces in a coffee cup, it’s as equally difficult to assemble as the original.

Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.

Payments & Returns

Payment Methods: PayPal

Post Message

Canuck 409

Christmas 2001 - Stewart Coffin #182 by John Devost

I originally made a small amount of this wonderful design in 2006 (sold at CubicDissection) and thought I might make a few more copies.This particular copy is crafted from Maple from an antique upright piano with Padauk slipfeathers.Stewart makes note of this particular version:“The Original Christmas has two design flaws - a piece duplicated and a symmetrical piece. Both flaws have been corrected in this 2018 version. Both versions have only one solution.”Entire puzzle has been ‘tri...

$75.00

0 bids

Canuck 409

Four-Piece Serially Interlocking Cube & Modified 3-Piece version - Stewart Coffin Design #93 by John Devost

I’ve made so many of this design that I can’t even remember how many, it’s one of my favourites of Stewart’s designs. I often would make them when making a fresh batch of wood sticks for cube designs and when I last did that I mistakenly glued up a version that ended up being only 3 pieces instead of 4. I’m offering it up here as well as a correct 4 piece version both in Maple.Second photo shows the pieces of the 4 piece version.Both copies have been triple buffed as always and c...

$80.00

0 bids

Canuck 409

Gouge Packing Puzzle - Gaétan Gouge by John Devost

I previously made a few of this surprisingly difficult packing puzzle by Gaétan and at the time I didn’t have any contact info for him but then a few years ago I was surprised by one of his puzzle purchases in ‘Paradise’.My plan was to make another run but life kinda’ took a turn so now I’ve managed to sort myself out and began making another run.Allard kindly blogged about the copies I made in 2014, here’s an excerpt:https://allardspuzzlingtimes.blogspot.com/2014/04/gouge-packing-p...

$100.00

0 bids

Canuck 409

Pentominoes in a Rectangle - David Klarner by John Devost

I stumbled upon this neat puzzle design as I was using up some maple from an antique upright piano.There are 4 solutions to this puzzle and finding one is not very difficult, however trying to find all four is another story.This is a one off copy with Padauk slipfeathers.Comes with printed solutions sheet, signed and dated.Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.

$75.00

0 bids

View All

Sign In

Threepence - Stewart Coffin Design #261 by Saul Bobroff

Canuck 409

$25.00

Description

Payments & Returns

Post Message

Christmas 2001 - Stewart Coffin #182 by John Devost

Four-Piece Serially Interlocking Cube & Modified 3-Piece version - Stewart Coffin Design #93 by John Devost

Gouge Packing Puzzle - Gaétan Gouge by John Devost

Pentominoes in a Rectangle - David Klarner by John Devost