I find many items are fairly new. Many dealers and collectors customarily use "antique" to describe something years old or more. Vintage 2. Vintage-look Is anyone else with me on this or have an opinion?
Thank you. Message 1 of All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. There's no rule about the meaning of vintage really!
Collectables are about 25 to years old. That is unbelievable coming from the mouth of so called " antique expert". Whatever he says after that has no weight or meaning at all.. Message 2 of What is the basis for your reply? Are you a dealer or is this a personal opinion? Just curious. So then how does one know if an Ebay item is new, nearly new or truly a "vintage" item?
By asking the seller each and every time? Thank you for your feedback. Message 3 of Buyers have to be selfeducated to discern the differences.. And if given buyer is interested in one particular niche objects..
In very general terms.. Message 2 of Technically, Richard is on the money. Fact is, with the exception of wine, the year of the "vintage" is unfortunately rarely included.
The horse is long out of the barn on "vintage"; demanding the world now close the doors is a waste of time and energy. Not gonna happen.
So in common use, the undated term describes something that is old enough to be in fashion again. Thus since s styles are in fashion again God knows why , they are "vintage". That said, I honestly can't see why you got that neg. Although your website photo isn't coming up anymore, the ebay pic which remains is clear and self-explanatory as to condition.
The item dates from the mids at the very latest, which would indeed make it "vintage" as the term is commonly used. It's not "antique", but clue to bidder: you never said it was. I would leave a commment to her neg: "Bidder remorse. I am not responsible for what you hear. Message 3 of Actually; The correct usage of the word vintage is when identifying the year when a wine was made.
Since the term has been hijacked and abused for the sole purpose of describing and hocking other non-wine related items; it's rather meaningless and can pretty much be used the way anyone wishes to continue abusing it.
The use of the word vintage in auctions is becoming more and more like the, most over used word rare. A good reason to hit the [Back] button when you see it, because it most often says the seller doesn't know anything about what they are selling.
Message 4 of Well, "vintage" is a good initial sorter, so to speak. Few sellers list, uh, vintage sorry items as "new", or without any age-defining tag at all.
So instead of looking at 8, listings of new AND vintage sorry items, I sort on "vintage" and get 3, listings. Of course, then I have to figure out additional keywords to sort out more of the junk from that 3, Message 5 of Ive been told several times by dealers that anything yrs or older is an antique.
And that anything 50 yrs or older is vintage or called grandmas furniture or stuff. So now Im confused, where does collectibles come into it. How old does something have to be to be called a collectible. Does that apply to new item out, or older items that are on the market now?
Message 6 of Thanks for the tip. I will use your wording on my response. It's excellent. And NO, the bidder did not contact me before leaving the negative feedback. Retro style is an outdated style or fashion that has become fashionable again. So, perhaps the best way to think about the difference between retro and vintage is that vintage refers to the acutal construction, whilst retro refers to the appearance.
Someone once told me that you can describe a vintage item as retro but never a retro item as vintage! Generally speaking I have found the consensus is that vintage conjurs up images of antiques, dresses, lace, pearls and florals whilst retro implies geometric shapes, mod and iconic design led items.
That's why the word is so abused and over used. It should always be used with a date. The word 'vintage' means absolutely nothing unless you use it with a date.
Message 8 of Message 9 of Since Ebay has a category heading of "vintage" items then they must also have a definition of such. I'm sure they'd happily answer that for you. Message 10 of I hate the ebay Antiques category. Everything from years old to 's stuff is posted there. I can see maybe 75 years old being called antique but this 50's 60's and 70's stuff is ridiculous.
Message 11 of Older than me. Message 12 of But as used now, vintage refers to an era, not necessarily a specific date. In other words, one may have a "Vintage Widget".
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