Does anybody own a "Par" puzzle?

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer on July 1, 2008 at 5:05pm

Hi Adam, Par puzzles are, indeed, beautiful. We have a few here in the shop that have been sent to Steve over the years and they are lovely. I think Par's quality over the years was excellent but that doesn't guarantee a puzzle bought on Ebay would be the same. I think overall Ebay sellers are pretty honest in letting you know the quality of the item. Maybe just ask the seller if the puzzle has any paper lifts, wood chips out of the back, etc. In looking at their stuff I think some of their silhouette shapes were kind of thin so if anything is going to break it would probably be those. They used a lot of neat fanciful designs as silhouettes, like fleur de lis shapes and other geometric type things. Their signature piece is a seahorse and for many years Steve didn't allow us to cut one in any of our puzzles in respect for Par. We have slowly begun using them but in different shapes and poses. We are proud to be compared to Par and work hard at continuing the excellent reputation and passion for puzzling they began so many years ago. Honestly, a true puzzler should have at least one Par in addition to all those Staves in their closet ;)

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