The Puzzle Factory: "Elegant Interiors Venetion View" - Puzzles I Don't Have Yet

"Elegant Interiors Venetion View," The Jigsaw Puzzle Factory, 1000 pieces, 19 x 27 inches

This is the latest addition to my list of puzzles I sincerely intend to own one day in the relatively near future. I saw this one on one of the Facebook jigsaw puzzle pages early this morning and immediately fell in love with it.

I suppose what drew me to this one so powerfully is the perspective from which this puzzle's view is taken. Most usually, of course, any puzzle featuring one of Venice's canals would be created from the perspective of being on the water and coming directly toward some of that city's beautiful buildings while others pass the viewer by on the right and left. That this one takes such a different perspective both gives the puzzle a relatively unique look, and helps the puzzler imagine what it would be like to live inside one of those beautiful buildings along Venice's canals. 

The good news is that this is not an overly expensive puzzle and can be had right now for $16.99 from The Jigsaw Puzzle Factory - although at this moment, the "cart" function seems to be down for some reason and the puzzle can only be placed on your "wish list" for now.

Puzzles I Don't Have Yet: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

"Sgt. Peppers Lone Hearts Club Band," Aquarius, 1000 pieces, 20 x 27 inches

This is another of those puzzles that I let get away when it was still readily available at retail prices...and now that I wish I had it, I'm seeing it priced on the secondary market at prices approaching $70. So needless to say, it will probably be sitting on my "Puzzles I Don't Have Yet" list for a long time.

Aquarius makes a high quality puzzle, and the image looks like it would be a lot of fun to put together, but the real reason I want this one is because just looking at that old album cover brings back some really great memories. I became a fan of the Beatles even before they first hit the shores of the US in 1964, and I have vivid memories of sitting in front of the TV set several times to watch them on the Ed Sullivan Show (in black and white). And then, after seeing them live in Houston in 1965, I was hooked forever. That particular "concert" is the most exciting one I've ever attended and is unlikely ever to be topped. I put "concert" in quotation marks because it was so noisy in the old Sam Houston Coliseum that it was often hard to hear clearly what was happening on stage. Luckily, I found a soundboard recording of that very concert about ten years ago, so I know now just how great that performance really was.

There are several Beatles puzzles kicking around the puzzle market but this one is my favorite.

Puzzles I Don't Have Yet

"Harvesters," D-Toys, 1000 pieces, 26.75 x 18.50 inches, $17.95

This beauty is one of the beautiful "Harvester" paintings done by France's Julien Dupre in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  I love just about all of those paintings, but this is the only one I've ever seen in puzzle-form. I'm a little hesitant to purchase one because I suspect that it will be a lot tougher than it looks.  But, hey, that's why they call them "puzzles," and one day soon this one is coming home to me.

In case you want to beat me to it, I know that Puzzle Warehouse sells it for $17.99 plus shipping at the moment. I've seen it elsewhere for around $20, so this may be the best price available.

This is the beginning of my "Wish List" series, and puzzles shown here will be cross-linked to a Wish List summary page.  You can never have too many puzzles, but you only have so much storage space...so this is my virtual closet.