Remember running off to school with your sandwiches in a lunch box emblazoned with a picture of your favorite pop star or television show? If you were anything like us, you had a brand new one with your favorite new hero on it every six months as your tastes changed. You probably threw the old one out whenever you got a new one, too - and looking back, that was a big mistake.
Branded lunchboxes are little pieces of pop culture, tied to their era and manufactured for short runs. Once a band was no longer in the spotlight, or a TV show was off the air, production on merchandise would cease. Over the years, the number of lunchboxes still in existence has diminished, and that's given the ones which are left a surprising value. If you have a Beatles lunchbox from the 1960s - even if it's in poor condition - it might be worth up to $400.