There are two main types here. With a gap and without a gap

WITH A GAP

THE 15 PUZZLE

The book ‘Sliding Piece Puzzles’ by L Hordern is used as the standard for all these puzzles. It is rare £20

The ’15’ puzzle was the Rubik’s puzzle of a century ago. remove the number 16 and then put the others in at random before sliding them all into order. It could only be done 50% of the time.

MORE ’15’ EXAMPLES
16 PLUS 3 PUZZLE
MOST POPULAR
3RD MOST POPULAR
TIT – BITS NO. 4
TIT – BITS
COMMON PLASTIC SLIDING PIECE PUZZLES
MIND LOCK
HOME MADE
SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLE
E29
3D SLIDING PUZZLES
PERPLEXITY E10
ROW BY ROW
TRICKY BUTTONS0

WITHOUT GAP

ROTATING DISCS
HUNGARIAN RINGS

Rotos rare £5. Red and blue is a new variation on the others above. Rare £8

I really like these. Some easy, some hard.

Top 4 are worth £5 and the bottom 3 have a £12 valuation.

Larger Wisdom ball with numbers across middle £8. A fairly common puzzle £4

Rare Plywood puzzles. 6 different challenges. It is in Horden Sliding Piece Puzzle book £20

Another bead puzzle. £5