We Love Tin Lunch Boxes
They are a bit like electric guitars: Certainly not something that people really feel lukewarm about! The real hey-day of the boxes didn't really begin until the nineteen fifties but lithography technology, used to imprint styles made things possible before that. Leisure businesses began seeing the retailing options and began selling them to an ever eager American public. Tin lunch boxes possess a fanscinating history!
Nonetheless, we have to wait until well after the 2nd World War for things to truly get going. After some intial success, 100s, thousands and ultimately millions of units were made in the 1950s. The Hopalong Cassidy box was a massive success selling nicely over 500, 000 units in the very first year of production. The primary producers concentrated on well-liked Tv & movie stars and developed many well-liked spin off designs. The dome shape box was developed by the Aladdin Company. This particular style stuck and had been the basis for the well-known Disney School Bus lunch box. It eventually sold nearly ten million units! Not surprisingly, it is the best selling box ever produced.
Metal lunch boxes are really collectible these days. There are a variety of lunch box collections which are usually open to the public within the U.S. Calfornia is home to Clarke's Collectible's. Ohio & Georgia are other states where one can see exhibits of antique lunch boxes. This is not really to mention the large 3,000 item selection close to Detroit which is owned by Dan Zieja.
Toy and Prices 2010 is the most recent edition of the famous toy collectors guide. It features a number of lunch boxes too. However, it is difficult to truly value many of the boxes because the rare kinds are seldom exchanged. Presently there are some notable dealings through the years. The most costly lunch box offered at auction was the 1954 Superman that went in 2003 for over $11,000. Amazing! Nevertheless, a couple of years later on a few commentators observed that comparable boxes were selling for close to fifty percent of that amount. Be careful before you head away to the nearby auction (or auction web site!) - price ranges are extremely volatile. In the early 1970s it is rumored that numerous Florida mother's got tin lunch boxes banned as they had been being utilized as weapons in the school playground.This is to some degree folk law and is difficult to verify.
