We will Buy your Antique or Newer Hand Cut WOODEN Jigsaw Puzzles
We do NOT sell, collect or have any information about "CARDBOARD" jigsaw puzzles.

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Hello, thank you for visiting our antique wooden jigsaw puzzle collecting web page. "We are a family of wooden jigsaw puzzle collectors, and actively purchase quality wooden puzzles from people who are selling them. We will buy one puzzle, ten puzzles and complete lots of dozens of puzzles. We created this page in the hopes of reaching other people interested in old "hand cut" wooden jigsaw puzzles. If you have any of these old puzzles, and are interested in talking to us about the history behind them, feel free to do so. We are happy to meet other jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts, especially wooden puzzle enthusiasts. We also buy these old puzzles for our personal collection. In some cases we do re-sell or trade a few puzzles. In addition to buying old wooden puzzles from people looking to sell them, we are also interested in just getting to know others who share our appreciation for them. We (Mark Mostly) have developed a contact network of some very wonderful people who are quite in tune with the history behind these old wooden jigsaw puzzles. Many of us even visit with each other, and get together from time to time as a group to meet, as well as swap or sell puzzles to each other. A great place for this is the AGPC. (Association of Game and Puzzle Collectors) of which we are members. Should you be looking to sell an old wooden puzzle or more, we are ALWAYS looking to buy good puzzles. Primarily "PAR" as well as "Pastime" puzzles that are in good to very good condition. We will always consider other makers too, however PAR and Pastime puzzles are at the moment are our main focus point. We prefer to buy puzzles in Lots... but individual sales are fine too. What puzzle makers are we interested in collecting? Here is a list with approximate pricing information, and comments.

Maker / Manufacturer We Do NOT collect "Cardboard"	Years	Price Range That we will "typically" Pay PER PUZZLE PIECE EXAMPLE: 500 piece puzzle x 20¢ each = $100.00 value puzzle	Comments
Parker Brothers Pastime Puzzles	1908 to 1950s	25¢ - 30¢- If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 20¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in good condition with original box 10¢ - Missing more than 3-4 pieces, or in fair condition 5¢ - Missing 5+ pieces, and in poor condition.	Pastime is a good quality puzzle maker. Their puzzles are not that hard to find, as several million puzzles were produced during the 40+ years that they were made. Picture of Complete puzzle must be provided for verification of puzzle completeness.
PAR Puzzles	1930s to 1970s	40¢-50¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 30¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in very good condition with original box 20¢ - Missing more than 3-4 pieces, or in fair condition 10¢ - Missing 5 or more pieces, or in poor condition.	A premier maker of wooden jigsaw puzzles. No pictures are on the box, and often the titles are misleading as to what the image might be.
MadMar	1920 to 1967	15¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 10¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in very good condition with original box 5¢ - Missing Missing 3 -4 pieces, or in fair condition	A pretty good maker of puzzles.
J.K. Strauss	1933 to 1974	4¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 2¢ - If missing 1-2 pieces and in excellent condition with original box. ZERO (0) value if more than 2 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	Not a particularly good puzzle maker. Typically strip cut, and made from cheap wood with splinters and chips.
Charles Russell	1930s to 1970s	15¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 10¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in very good condition with original box 5¢ - Missing 3 -4 pieces, or in fair condition ZERO (0) value if more than 4 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	A pretty good private puzzle cutter.
U-Nit	1950 to 1970	20¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 15¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in good condition with original box 10¢ - Missing more than 3-4 pieces, or in fair condition 3¢ - Missing 5 or more pieces, and in poor condition.	Similar to a pastime puzzle in quality, however there is a lacking feature of no color line cutting. The figurals are pretty good.
Tuck's Zig-Zag Puzzles	1866 to Present (British Made)	15¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 10¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in very good condition with original box 3¢ - Missing 3+ pieces, or in fair condition	A good British made jigsaw puzzle.
Victory GOLD Box Puzzles	1980s to 1990s	5¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 2¢ - If missing 1-2 pieces and in excellent condition with original box. ZERO (0) value if more than 2 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	A low quality strip cut style puzzle
Victory "Artistic" Puzzles (Popular	1930s to 1970s	8¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 5¢ - If missing 1-2 pieces and in very good condition with original box. ZERO (0) value if more than 2 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	A low quality puzzle however the presence of Figurals makes them a bit more palatable.
Hayter Victory (Popular or Topical)	1930s to 1970s	4¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 2¢ - If missing 1-2 pieces and in very good condition with original box. ZERO (0) value if more than 2 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	A low quality puzzle.
Falls Puzzles	1930s	40¢ - If Complete and in good condition with original box. 30¢ - Missing 1-2 pieces, in good condition with original box 20¢ - Missing more than 3-4 pieces, or in fair condition 5¢ - Missing 5 or more pieces, or in poor condition.	These puzzles were very intricately cut, but are highly prone to damage of broken and chipped knobs.
FAO Schwartz  (Made by JK Strauss)	1930 to 1950s	8¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 4¢ - If missing 1-3 pieces and in very good condition with original box. ZERO (0) value if more than 3 pieces are missing or in poor condition.	Slightly above average for a Strauss Cut puzzle. It is a shame that Strauss did not pay more attention to quality. FAO Schwartz is better than the Strauss Brand puzzle, but still a far cry from being a good puzzle.
Isabel Ayer Picture puzzle Exchange	1908 to 1930s	20¢ - If Complete and in excellent condition with original box. 15¢ - If missing 1-2 pieces and in very good condition with original box. 5¢ - Missing 3 or more pieces, or in fair condition.	A very good puzzle, usually commissioned to be made by Pastime puzzles, however the puzzles are usually well worn.
Most other Cutters	1880 to 1970	Generally 10¢ per puzzle piece if the puzzle is complete, and if the name of the cutter can be determined, and an original storage box is available in good condition. Generally 5¢ per puzzle piece if the puzzle is missing 1-2 pieces, and if the name of the cutter can be determined, and an original storage box is available in good condition. Generally 5¢ per puzzle piece if the puzzle is complete, but the cutter name can not be determined, or no original storage box is available Generally 2¢ per puzzle piece if the puzzle is missing 1-2 pieces, but the cutter name can not be determined, or no original storage box is available.	Generally the pricing to the left is the standard, however there are some "no name" cutters that did cut puzzles that "may" warrant higher values. Such an instance can only be determined by seeing a CLEAR picture of the completed jigsaw puzzle, with the cut lines being completely visible. Unless this is provided, the puzzle will be assumed to be a general "no name" cut.
Present Day Puzzle Makers. Stave Puzzles Pagemark Elms Puzzles Inc. Rainy Lake Puzzles J. C. Ayer Puzzles Spiritwood Puzzles	1974 to present day	E-mail me the information listed below, and we can talk about price. These puzzles can be too broad scaled to post any specific pricing here.

Provide ALL of the following information in your correspondence about wanting to sell puzzles, or have it ready BEFORE you call. If you have more than one puzzle, please prepare this information for every puzzle. Thank you. Puzzle maker's name ( Company name or Person ) Puzzle title(s) Number of pieces in the Puzzle(s) Year that the puzzle was cut, if known. ( This should be notated on the Box, Not from the image! -- Image dates are almost always only the Artist's Copyright date. ) Condition of the puzzle(s) - ( Paper missing, tears, stains, broken nubs, chewed by dog, silverfish damage, foxing, missing pieces... etc. ) Condition of the puzzle box(s) ( Stains, rips, split corners, taped, missing lids, chewed by cat, pen markings...etc. ) Any additional markings or items of interest that you think I should know in determining my interest in your puzzles. ( Name or number of puzzle cutter, Inspector, Artists Name, polished by ... etc. ) Phone: 1-860-873-3093, or Email Address:, as it is also very likely that we may be interested in buying them. We will consider buying a puzzle that has a missing piece or two. However we emphasize that the overall actual condition of the puzzle must be at a minimum "very good". Jigsaw Puzzles with severe damage, or extensive missing pieces have no value, and are not of interest to us, unless they would be thrown away. We would be happy to accept them as a donation, along with the purchase of any other valuable puzzles. Who knows... someday Mark might want to try to repair them, or donate them to a local community center. If you have such old puzzles tucked away in your attic, and you might possibly be looking to sell them please feel free to give us a call. Even if you want to talk about puzzles in general, and you are not selling them, please call us at: 1-860-873-3093 Thank you. Additionally, we are looking for puzzles that are in the 100 to 1500+ piece range, as we are hoping to build up a collection that is large enough to create a public display of my puzzles for free exhibit to the general public, at local libraries, and places of interest where the patrons would possibly find these wonderful wooden puzzles interesting to gaze at in wonderment. This may also broaden visitors horizons to know a little more about this long lost art form and very enjoyable pastime. Our E-mail address is: - Simply click on my E-mail address to send me a message. Be sure to include the words "Jigsaw Puzzles" In the message title, or Mark might accidentally delete it with all the JUNK mail we receive. We will respond to you promptly. Thank you again for visiting our unique puzzle web page. Please take a moment to visit Mark's Main Puzzle Web Site (www.mgcpuzzles.com) if you have the time to do so. Mark is one of only a few remaining modern day makers of custom wooden jigsaw puzzles. Happy puzzling, Mark and Allison Cappitella

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