Collectible oddities

[Goldeneagle]

Some of the metal lunch boxes with cartoon characters on them are worth pretty good money.

I had Roy Rogers, Rat Patrol, F Troop and several others back in the 60's.

Like trading your Topps Mickey Mantle card in '52 for a piece of Bazooka gum. Sure seemed like a good trade at the time.

The one thing I do still have are my baseball cards. I collected them in the late 60's to early 70's. They are still in the cigar box I kept them in when I was a kid.

[TonyP]

Luckily I held onto my binder of pokemon cards from 20-25yrs ago and I have a couple of the highly sought after cards in pristine condition I'm waiting to get back from grading. The prices are ignorant!

[Man]

They are still in the cigar box I kept them in when I was a kid.

Mine to...I always used all my grandpa's empty El Producto cigar boxes.

[Big Lee]

I am the throw it away if you don't use it kind of person. My mom was not. Everything was a collector item to her. She has some rare Disney, barbie, you name it items. All in original packaging.

[Goldeneagle]

Mine to...I always used all my grandpa's empty El Producto cigar boxes.

This is some fancy plastic one that our neighbor gave me. The lid has a latch to open it and everything.

[Big Lee]

This is some fancy plastic one that our neighbor gave me. The lid has a latch to open it and everything.

Hifalutin

[Man]

This is some fancy plastic one that our neighbor gave me. The lid has a latch to open it and everything.

Sounds like the old Corina Larks cigar boxes ...cool

[rjet]

When I read the title to the thread, the first thing I thought about was my woody woodpecker lunch box from about 1975.

I had Kung Fu. Have wondered at times what that thing would be worth today.

Edit: quick search shows them from $100 to $600.

[Humper]

Some of the metal lunch boxes with cartoon characters on them are worth pretty good money.

Wife started collecting lunchboxes 20 plus years ago. A few of hers were worth a bit of coin back in the 90’s.

[Gerald G]

I had Kung Fu. Have wondered at times what that thing would be worth today.

Edit: quick search shows them from $100 to $600.

You ain’t making me feel any better!

[Walker]

Mickey Mouse wrist watch. I had one.

[Big Lee]

Wife started collecting lunchboxes 20 plus years ago. A few of hers were worth a bit of coin back in the 90’s.

I wish I had mine from when I was a kid.

[Humper]

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[Goldeneagle]

I just remembered I still my little wheelbarrow I got when I was 4yrs old. It's all metal except for the tire. Got it in 1962. I also have my Bear Little Bear recurve I got in 1965.

[RifleBowPistol]

Most things like toys, ECT., at some point they have zero value to anyone in the house and they wind up in the dumpster. My mother on the other hand saves stuff that should have gone in the garbage 40 years ago. My mother saved some of my toys from when I was a kid and my little brother's toys. But then she decided they were all mine and gave them to me, I did not want them. Then realized half of what she was trying to give me, was actually my little brother's stuff. So I told her it was mostly his stuff and to give it to him. I did not manage to go home without the crap. It's all packed in my old toy box from when I was a kid. I want to chunk the whole thing, but my wife won't let me.

On the other hand, I have two of my great grandfather's old wooden tool boxes full of tools. Those I have no plans to ever getting rid of them. Those were his tool boxes from back when he had multiple farms years ago. I also have my father's old tool box. It's been beat to hell and back, but I still have it. Someday I would like to restore it.

The only things I really wished I could have kept from my childhood were my Winchester 9422, Ruger 44 Carbine, all of the arrow heads I found, rattlesnake rattlers, and the indian head band, made of beads. I wore that head band till it fell apart. A guy who worked for my step father, was indian from some tribe in Arizona, I think. He gave me that head band. Of all of those things I tried to save as a kid, I only have the rattlesnake rattlers.