Jigsaw Puzzles

The question arises - is assembling jigsaw puzzles a hobby or a craft?   We leave aside the question, seriously addressed in Europe recently, as to whether or not assembling jigsaw puzzles is a sport - there's enough pressure in this world without being timed as to how quickly one can assemble a puzzle, thank you!  

We only know that we love doing jigsaw puzzles, and that they've been a great source of entertainment for us.  Herewith, some of our favorite types of jigsaw puzzles (click on the highlighted text for more information on these, all available online):

• Bepuzzled Jigsaw Puzzles
  • Buried Blueprints Jigsaw Puzzles - 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles, terrific designs.  Unfortunately, discontinued.  The good news (great news, actually) is that the same artist who did Buried Blueprints, Albert Lorenz, is the artist behind MasterPiece's Mythic Mazes puzzles.  
  • Classic Mystery Jigsaw Puzzles -  whodunits for puzzlers - one of our favorites!
• Buffalo Games Jigsaw Puzzles
  • Hautman Brothers
  • Vintage Posters Jigsaw Puzzles
    • Rosie the Riveter
    • San Francisco Travel 1,026 Piece Puzzle
    • Normandie to New York
    • Ringling Brothers
  • Norman Rockwell Jigsaw Puzzles
    • The Rookie
    • The Runaway
    • Norman Rockwell: 750-piece Panoramic Puzzle: Baseball Collection
    • (see also Farmer Takes a Ride - not a Buffalo Games puzzle)
  • Photomosaic Puzzles
• Clementoni Jigsaw Puzzles - from Italy.  Excellent quality.
  • Museum Collection - in terms of both quality and artwork, our undisputed favorite line of jigsaw puzzles.
    • Alte Nationalgalerie
    • Louvre
    • Musee d'Orsay
    • Prado
    • Uffizi
    • Vatican Museum
    • Other Great Museums
  • High Color Collection
  • Fluorescent - they positively glow....
• Piatnik Jigsaw Puzzles - Europe's other great jigsaw puzzle manufacturer.  Interesting designs, high quality, well worth a look.  We're especially taken with the Klimt jigsaw puzzles, as well as the playing cards and sports cars jigsaw puzzles.
• Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzles
• Springbok Jigsaw Puzzles

Of Related Interest

American Jigsaw Puzzle Society

Visit an online jigsaw puzzle store.

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