

“I was so excited because I like quirky collectibles,” said auctioneer Dave Diedrich. The Brown family does not have space to store the collection and has decided to give them a shot at a new home instead of letting them be thrown away or collect dust.Ĭaswell Prewitt Realty is in charge of the lunch box auction. Marvin Brown passed away on July 4, 2020. “It was always interesting to get to look at the old boxes and think about the kids that would have taken them to school,” he said.

Brown said the lunchbox is among his dad’s collection. The very last metal lunch box was printed in 1985 and featured Rambo. Metal lunch boxes rose in popularity in the 1950s alongside the boom of television shows. Mark said his dad bought the first lunch box in the 1980s when he was a child.
