Pictorial Price Guide to Metal Lunch Boxes & Thermoses

by Larry Aikins

Book Overview

Excitement, adventure, the thrill of the chase, the joy of a find, the disappointment of a miss. All of these emotions belong to any collector, including the collector of Lunch Boxes! Lunch Boxes are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895380072
• ISBN13: 9780895380074
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: L W Publishing & Book Sales
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Overwhelming Collection!

Believe me, once you start looking at this book, you just can't put it down! I never knew they made so many metal lunchboxes throughout the years. Oh, I had a few when I was a kid in the late 50s and I'll always remember my mom not letting me have the matching optional thermos. She was so afraid I would be careless and drop it, breaking the fragile glass liner. I was a responsible 9 yr old after all. I always envied a kid who had a Roy Rogers dome chuckwagon lunchbox. That was so cool! Even when the lunchbox was empty, somehow it retained the odor of all the peanut butter and jam sandwiches wrapped in wax paper, that I carried in it every day. And the metallic sounds in the cafeteria of all the lunchboxes being opened and after, being latched up again. This book is bound to have the box you had as a kid so I recommend it not only for nostalgic reasons, but as an invaluable source and guide for the lunchbox collector.

Mindblowing Collection! Best Guide Of It's Kind!

Even if you don't collect old, vintage lunchboxes (I don't), once you pick up this book, well, you can't put it down. I never realized just how many lunchboxes were produced over the years. Just looking at the boxes reminds me of when I was a kid in the late 50s and my mother would never buy the optional matching Thermos. No, she was afraid I would eventually drop it and break the glass liner. Still, I did have a few metal lunchboxes throughout my early school years. Although I don't recall the litho, I can never forget the smell of peanut butter and jam sandwiches wrapped in wax paper when I opened up my box. I swear the smell permeated the metal giving it a permanent odor! And the sound at lunchtime of all the lunchboxes in the cafeteria being unlatched and flipped opened and later snapped shut. If only I had kept mine. If only!

The Best Guide to use on your lunch box hunt!

I just started to collect and enjoy lunch boxes this year. This guide has been very helpful in my hunt. I'm on a very tight budget and been able to make purchases of lunch boxes without paying too much for the items, as was the case of my first purchase of a lunch box. Of course I did not have the book. I ended up paying $70 for a "Magic Kingdom" lunchbox. After getting the book a couple of weeks later, it was probably a bit too much to pay. But I learned. Also with the book I've made it a challange to myself to find lunch boxes that are not in the book. It's a lot fun just to search for lunch boxes and having Mr. Aikins book is like having a friend along for the hunt.

Best book on Lunch boxes.

This is a must have for the Lunch box collector.It has all the Metal Lunch boxes pictured and a checklist/price guide too! I never go to a flea market with out it .

Great visual guide to lunchboxes!

This book is great as a collectors guide or just to look through to bring back fond memories. Over 400 lunchboxes and thermoses are shown. The price guide in the back is a good reference source for new collectors (like myself) listing both prices for the items and the rarity as well. Even though I've looked through it many times I still find myself picking it up again!