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Keyed Up - A 1/1 by Kel Snake (Kelly Snache) [and Oskar van Deventer]
Keyed Up - A 1/1 by Kel Snake (Kelly Snache) [and Oskar van Deventer]
Keyed Up - A 1/1 by Kel Snake (Kelly Snache) [and Oskar van Deventer]

Keyed Up - A 1/1 by Kel Snake (Kelly Snache) [and Oskar van Deventer]

SirRebral 15
Item Location: United States

$661.00

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G****r 70 $661.00 10.07.2025 23:24:24
M****3 86 $651.00 10.07.2025 23:24:24
G****r 70 $635.00 10.07.2025 23:24:11
M****3 86 $625.00 10.07.2025 23:24:11
G****r 70 $560.00 09.07.2025 15:48:51
M****3 86 $550.00 09.07.2025 15:48:51
M****3 86 $495.00 09.07.2025 03:27:46
G****r 70 $485.00 09.07.2025 03:27:46
G****r 70 $400.00 04.07.2025 05:17:13
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In addition to crafting original puzzle boxes, Kel Snake is especially well-known for his distinctive, highly creative series of "retrofit" puzzle boxes made from vintage wood boxes. Keyed Up is distinctive in being a doubly retrofit puzzle box. First, the box is made from an old cigar box. Second, Kel took a classic Oskar van Deventer keymaze puzzle (one of the big, old ones, in metal) and figured out how to turn it into a locking mechanism for this puzzle box. According to Kel this is the only copy he ever made of this puzzle box.


Size: 112 x 100 x 147 (175 with key) mm

Condition: See photos (it's made from a used cigar box, but despite its intentionally vintage exterior the puzzle is in perfect working order)


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