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I have a used copy of Berlin, but want to put it together before I resell it. If you are interested and willing to wait several weeks or even a few months we can discuss a price. While I put it together I can check the condition and completeness. And make some pictures for you.

These two puzzles came with a book published in 1981, written by Linda Hannas. The original English title is The Jigsaw Book. I have the Dutch edition, called Legpuzzelboek. I could not find any information about whether there has ever been a German edition. This book came in a box, together with these two puzzles in separate boxes inside.

You may still be able to find second-hand copies of this book. But before you buy make sure that the offer is not just for the book but for the full package including the two puzzles. I have seen offers where it seems only the book is sold.

About the puzzles: they are reproductions of older puzzles.

• The ship is the R.M.S. Queen Mary. This ship was launched in 1934. The original puzzle was created by Chad Valley at the request of the Cunard White Star Line.
• The cat is Tom Kitten, a Beatrix Potter character. The original puzzle was released in 1934 by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Below are pictures of the front side of the box, and the title page of the book.

These two?

If the size of my puzzle shelves (and my budget) were infinite I'd keep all the puzzles I ever built or would like to build. Unfortunately, that is not possible. In this thread I offer the puzzles that are not going to stay in my collection, hoping that someone else will still enjoy them.

If I do not mention prices I am open to any reasonable offer. My aim is not getting rich by selling puzzles, but rather to find a good home for them.

We have no cats and we don't smoke.

Note: I live in the Netherlands. Of course I can send puzzles to Germany or other countries. Postage starts at 10,75 Euro (up to 10 kg).

I recently bought a 6000-piece Trefl, but I don't know yet when I'll come around to building it. Of course I'll do a Doku when the time comes.

Thank you all for your kind words. I feel very welcome here!

Hello everyone,

Greetings from the Netherlands! I registered on the forum a couple of months ago and since then read a lot of really interesting stuff (thanks everyone for all this info!), but this is my first post.
I'm afraid that if I try to write in German no one would understand (or at least I would give you something to laugh about), so I'll write in English. But reading German is (usually) not a problem for me.

I've been doing puzzles all my life (or at least as far as I can remember). A major milestone was putting together the 12000 pieces of Hieronymus Bosch - Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius(unmixed bags) soon after it was released in 1983 (that may tell you something about my age - let's say I'm middle aged). I still have that puzzle; it survived several moves and some water damage (luckily only to the box), and when we checked a few months ago it turned out that only one piece was missing. Thanks to the jigsaw doctor it's complete again, and it's now on the waiting list to be put together once more, but now with mixed bags.

I did not have a lot of time for puzzles for quite a number of years, but recently have resumed this great hobby. I've found that working on a puzzle for me is perhaps the best way to relax after a busy day. Over the last few months I've been able to increase my collection to some 75 puzzles (mostly second hand) - about a dozen in the 6000-24000 range, about 20 in the 3000-5000 range, and the rest mainly between 1000 and 2000. And they are all shouting at me: "Build me! Build me!" This summer we're redecorating our living room, and as a part of that process I'm claiming some space where I can put up a large puzzle table so that I can tackle the really big ones. In the meantime, I'm restricting myself to puzzles of "only" up to 2500 pieces. Next in line is a 3000 piece Clementoni puzzle, Van Gogh's room in Arles, which has rather small pieces and should fit the board I have available now. That would be a nice candidate for my first Doku.

Best regards,
zetmolm