I SCOOPED UP THIS OLD PUZZLE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO HARD TO FIND. THE BOX EVEN SAYS "MISSING 3 PIECES" ON THE FRONT, UNDER THE PICTURE AND ON THE BACK. AND, IN FACT, IT IS MISSING 3. SOME PIECES WERE RE-GLUED (THE TOP COLOR LAYER SEPARATES FROM THE THICKER BOTTOM CARDBOARD LAYER WITH AGE). THE COLORS ARE STILL GOOD IN THE PICTURE - NOT TRUE OF THE BOX PHOTO. THIS BOX NEEDS MENDING AND CLEANING. THE CORNERS ARE SPLIT AND THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR AND FADING. I PUT THE PIECES IN A PLASTIC ZIP LOCK BAG FOR SAFE TRAVELS.
IT IS OLD AND INCOMPLETE, BUT WORTH THE TIME - ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE ONE OF THESE OLD JIGSAWS. THE PIECES ARE UNUSUAL AND IT IS A COMBO OF INTERLOCKING AND NON-INTERLOCKING. THEY ARE PROBABLY FROM THE LATE 40s-50s IF I WERE TO GUESS. THEY SOLD TO THE THRIFTY CONSUMERS FOR PENNIES, MIMICKING THE WOODEN ONES THAT PRECEDED THEM. THEY ARE THE EARLY PROTOTYPES OF OUR MODERN, MASS-PRODUCED JIGSAWS.
ALL QUESTIONS WELCOMED.