posted on May 2, 2002 03:03:22 PM new
Hi. I am seeing this word more and more used in auctions describing items from the 20s through the 80s. What period of time is Retro?
posted on May 2, 2002 05:41:04 PM new
My understanding is that it is something made today that is designed to look like a style popular in a certain era be it 20's, 50's, 70's or technically I guess the 90's.
posted on May 3, 2002 07:08:40 PM new
I wouldn't use "retro" for anything newer than the 1950s, but then I'm an old guy. To some of you younger folks, the 1980s may seem like ancient history. Here's an example of this type of distortion: my neighbor's son just bought, in his words, a "real old car" - it's a 1972 Ford something-or-other. "Real old"? Not too me. But when I was in high school, a 30-year-old car would have been a 1929 model, and that would have been "real old" to me.
posted on May 5, 2002 01:51:25 AM new
I can understand the confusion on what if retro? As the other poster said, it depends on how old you are. I was once at a Goodwill store and asked the young girl, age about 19, how much the dresser was. The dresser was from about the early 50's. I was born in 58. We had those when I was young. She said, that's really old, isn't it?
What I really don't understand is when I see the term "Old Antique" in an auction title. I just did a search from ebay's home page and found 1385 items found for old antique. Is the word "old" really needed in the title description in these cases? How does this differ from a "new antique"?
