RARE!!! Smokey Bear Vintage Lunchbox C-9+Mint Condition Start Price USD 279.99 Current Price USD 279.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 29, 2008 Location Los Angeles, California See more about 'RARE!!! Smokey Bear Vintage Lunchbox C-9+Mint Condition' Description RARE!!! 1975 Smokey Bear Vintage Lunchbox C-9+Mint Condition YEAR: 1975 (33 Years Old) MANUFACTURED BY: Okay Industries RARITY: Rarity is a 10, VERY hard to find.CONDITION: This is a 1975 Smokey The Bear Vintage Lunchbox in C-9+ MINT CONDITION. It has never been used. I have been collecting vintage lunchboxes for over 23 years, and this vintage lunchbox is the HARDEST TO FIND. And it is ever more hard to find in the FANTASTIC OF CONDITION. The lithograph artwork is bright, crisp and clean. The latches and handle are in mint condition. A beautiful highly sought after vintage lunchbox. There is a little paint loss on the back rim, but a very hard to find show worthy vintage lunchbox to add to your collection. PAYMENT: Payment due within 7 days of auction's end unless prior arrangements are made. We reserve the right to cancel or re-list any unpaid items at the end of this 7 day period. We accept Paypal, Money Orders, or Cashier checks. SHIPPING: Shipping and Handling is $10.00... delivery conformation included. For International S&H, please e-mail us.INSURANCE: Insurance is available for an additional $1.50 per hundred if desired.  Insurance required on all sales over $40.  LUNCHBOX HISTORY: The first metal lunchbox produced was the Hopalong Cassidy created by the Aladdin Company of Nashville in 1950. They made a blue and red lunchbox with a four-inch decal on the front side. Their second lunch box design was the decaled Tom Corbett Space Cadet box made in 1952. The American Thermos Company introduced the first lithographed lunchbox in 1953, it had a Roy Rogers design. The Aladdin company then changed their lunchboxes to being fully lithographed instead of using decals, in 1954. Metal lunchboxes were banned in the early 1970s, as a result of a campaign of "concerned" Florida mothers against the steel lunchboxes. Children being children, were using the metal lunchboxes to wrestle each other with. The state of Florida banned metal lunchboxes in 1972, and other states soon followed in the banning. Box makers switched from metal boxes to softer plastic boxes. The last steel metal lunchbox was a Slyvester Stalone's Rambo model, produced by KST in 1985.But now that the baby boomers are coming into power, savvy manufacturers are following right behind them. Hence a new generation of lunchboxes are coming into being. Everything from Rock Stars to TV shows, from Sci-Fi Movies to Lord Of The Rings, lunchboxes are back. And the kids of the baby boomers are just as infatuated with lunchboxes as their parents. Lunchboxes are simply cool.Save on shipping costs ~ visit my other auctions.Please feel free to email me with any questions.Thanks for looking & happy ebay hunting.   Place a Bid!