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February 11, 2017 15:41

Is there a reference book (paper / digital) about jigsaw puzzles somewhere? For example, about Dutch puzzle manufacturers such as Simplex and Kolibri, in which the publications are classified. Provided with series, year, title, etc. Then the puzzle section of Catawiki can be given a slightly more unambiguous structure.
Now title, series, number, theme are filled in with quite a lot of randomness, because there is no good reference material. Then it also becomes easier to enter puzzles correctly.

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February 11, 2017 16:55

The only Dutch reference work I found was: piece by piece History of the Jigsaw puzzle in the Netherlands.

http://www.legpuzzelgilde.nl/site.php?page=historic Looks like no updates since 2012.

https://sites.google.com/a/boardgameandjigsawpuzzleworld.com/index-html/home/philmar-jigsaws About the English Philmar puzzles.

http://www.icollectpuzzles.com/Main/main.htm Do I have to take a closer look.

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February 11, 2017 18:26

@fazerco

Thanks in advance for this information.
I also found something on the web:

Blueprint about Simplex puzzles
Klausenzo on Kolibri puzzles

However, not all puzzles are listed here.

Hopefully there are more such sites and/or books. Geert Bekkering has a nice site about the old English jigsaw manufacturer Raphael Tuck . Unfortunately, only one of these is still on Catawiki.

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February 11, 2017 19:51

In any case, there is not (yet) a catawiki version available, with extensive information from the different manufacturers.

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Other suggestions:

http://www.puzzlehistory.com/

http://www.blauwprint.nl/?page_id=214

http://puzzlesvanjumbo.blogspot.nl/

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