Lot 2220 - Book (P-6)
Est. value: $200
Current high bid: $60
Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei
Size: 20x14x6cm
Notes: Classic book with muku cover. Cover has numerous light scratches. Includes original box.
Group: Karakuri Creation Group
Puzzles designed and crafted by members of the Karakuri Creation Group, including Kamei, Okiyama, Iwahara, and Ninomiya. They are in excellent condition, unless otherwise noted.
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Lot 2220 - Book (P-6) |
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Est. value: $200 |
Current high bid: $60 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 20x14x6cm Notes: Classic book with muku cover. Cover has numerous light scratches. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2223 - Money Bank (M-14) |
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Est. value: $100 |
Current high bid: $25 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 8x8x6cm Notes: Classic design; mechanism not tested. Includes original box. Slight separation of base panel (see extra photo). |
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Lot 2739 - 5-Move Trick Box |
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Est. value: $200 |
Current high bid: $366 |
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Designer/Maker: Yoshiyuki Ninomiya Size: 15x10x6cm Notes: Five moves to open. |
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Lot 2838 - Top Box (M-5-2A) |
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Est. value: $300 |
Current high bid: $75 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 15x15x9cm Notes: Excellent condition; seams are not visible; very minor and isolated surface wear. Includes original box and Japanese solution sheet. |
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Lot 2839 - Top Box (M-5-1B) |
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Est. value: $300 |
Current high bid: $80 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 15x15x9cm Notes: Excellent condition; seams are not visible; very minor and isolated surface wear; visible anomalies are in the grain of the wood. Includes original box and Japanese solution sheet. |
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Lot 2840 - Maze Box (M-4-1) |
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Est. value: $400 |
Current high bid: $110 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 15x15x9cm Notes: Simple marble maze to release lid. Inscribed "'84.9.25 Kamei Akio Made" (in Japanese, similar to that in the Top Box, lot 223). Noticeable cluster of small scratches on top (see Close-up); other minor and isolated surface scratches. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2841 - Maze Box (M-4-2) |
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Est. value: $300 |
Current high bid: $348 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 15x15x9cm Notes: Marble maze to release lid. Excellent condition. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2842 - Parcel Cube (M-16-4) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $68 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 10x10x10cm Notes: First move of solution is to move one piece of strapping until it stops, about half way off. Fair condition, including a number of dings (one visible on top half of vertical edge in photo), and a crack in a non-moving panel (see extra photo). Includes original box. |
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Lot 2843 - Parcel Cube (M-16-2) |
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Est. value: $350 |
Current high bid: $133 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Edge: 10cm Notes: Eight moves to open secret compartment. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2844 - Parcel Cube (M-16-3) |
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Est. value: $350 |
Current high bid: $93 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Edge: 10cm Notes: A few noticeable and significant gouges (see top-left of box for example). One piece of the strapping can be removed. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2845 - Button Box (M-22) |
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Est. value: $200 |
Current high bid: $187 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 10x10x10cm Notes: Open secret compartment. Crafted from oak and walnut. Includes original box and Japanese instructions. |
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Lot 2854 - Bottle Burr |
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Est. value: $1,000 |
Current high bid: $456 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 15x11x11cm Notes: Rare 23-piece burr holding a bottle (Ajinomoto bonito soup stock). Top panel contains mechanism locking the neck of the bottle and has Kamei's mark underneath. It's believed to be a 1985 New Year's gift from Ajinomoto or related company. Includes inscribed box and a scroll (approximately 13x120cm) with solution diagrams. |
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Lot 2855 - Parcel Cube (M-16-1) |
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Est. value: $350 |
Current high bid: $88 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 10x10x10cm Notes: Four moves to open secret compartment. |
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Lot 2856 - Kumiki Parcel Box (K-10) |
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Est. value: $300 |
Current high bid: $244 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 11x11x11cm Notes: This is a kumiki puzzle, coming completely apart into 24 pieces. Fit is very good, except key piece is fairly loose. |
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Lot 2913 - 12-Piece Burr Pair (K-12-2, K-12-3) |
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Est. value: $200 |
Current high bid: $165 |
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Maker: Akio Kamei Stick length: 5cm Notes: Two 12-piece burr sets with the same structure as Kamei's Box and Cage. But one set is an impossible trick. An exchange gift from Kamei. |
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Lot 2919 - Byway Secret 1 (RF-6-2) |
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Est. value: $100 |
Current high bid: $55 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroshi Iwahara Size: 11x8x7cm Notes: Six moves to open secret compartment. Slight separation at edges of top panel (see extra photo). Includes original box and solutions sheet. |
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Lot 2920 - Byway Secret 2 (RF-8-1) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $75 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroshi Iwahara Size: 12x8x6cm Notes: Ten moves to open secret compartment. Includes original box and solution sheet. |
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Lot 2921 - Secret Base (RF-18) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $140 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroshi Iwahara Size: 9x9x7cm Notes: Find the small and large secret compartments. Honorable Mention in the 2008 IPP Yoshigahara Design Competition. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2922 - Hoop (TJ-12) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $110 |
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Designer/Maker: Shiro Tajima Size: 8x6x6cm Notes: Find the secret compartment. This was a 2006 Karakuri Christmas present. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2923 - Hexagon (H-11) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $42 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroyuki Oka Size: 10x9x5cm Notes: Two secret compartments, one hiding another small trick box. This was a 2008 Karakuri Christmas present. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2924 - Smallest 12 Step Box |
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Est. value: $60 |
Current high bid: $32 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroyuki Oka Size: 4.3x3.6x2.9cm Notes: Made from dogwood, hoo-wood, beech, rengus, walnut, and inomi. Includes original box and information sheet. |
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Lot 2925 - Hinge (MY-10) |
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Est. value: $150 |
Current high bid: $100 |
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Designer/Maker: Tatuo Miyamoto Size: 10x10x5cm Notes: Open the secret compartment. This was a 2007 Karakuri Christmas present. Includes original box. |
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Lot 2926 - Magnetic Puzzle Box |
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Est. value: $75 |
Current high bid: $82 |
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Designer/Maker: Hiroyuki Oka Size: 9x9x7cm Notes: Four moves to open box. Includes original box and information/solution sheet. |
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Lot 2928 - Cake (P13) |
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Est. value: $300 |
Current high bid: $315 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 17x17x7cm Notes: Remove walnut cake from the plate to find a secret compartment. Includes original box. Source: David Bruce Collection |
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Lot 2930 - 3D Box (K-20) |
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Est. value: $200 |
Current high bid: $55 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Size: 7x7x7cm Notes: Small secret compartment. This was Kamei's IPP16 Exchange puzzle. Source: David Bruce Collection |
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Lot 2940 - Checker Cube Box (M-30) |
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Est. value: $250 |
Current high bid: $270 |
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Designer/Maker: Akio Kamei Edge: 7cm Notes: This was the 2001 Christmas present from the Karakuri Club to its members. This is a trick-box, not kumiki. Includes original box, and Christmas greeting hidden inside. |
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