posted on February 9, 2004 10:56:17 AM new
The online dictionaries are not much help.
vin·tage ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vntj)
n.
The yield of wine or grapes from a vineyard or district during one season.
Wine, usually of high quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
The year or place in which a wine is bottled.
The harvesting of a grape crop.
The initial stages of winemaking.
Informal.
A group or collection of people or things sharing certain characteristics.
A year or period of origin: a car of 1942 vintage.
Length of existence; age.
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I feel the word is highly subjective as to use on ebay. A vintage item cab be fairly recent in manufacture such as a vintage poodle skirt from the 50's or vintage early 90's garage bands. I feel the word refers to a bygone era, even if that era is only a few past.
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posted on February 9, 2004 11:12:46 AM newHold old does something have to be to be considered "Vintage?"
That is a question that everyone will have a different answer for.
Vintage I think to most people means that its not new but not real old.
That can mean anything from six months to fifty years. Age is not just the only factor as some collectors items may only have a short run before its on the secondary market.
posted on February 9, 2004 11:14:24 AM new
..NOT A DUMB QUESTION..NOT AT ALL!!!
..i use the word when i am not sure of item's age..
..on furniture, if i cant honestly call it an antique, i.e. a centenarian, then i fall back on "vintage." admittedly, i use it to keep from calling a piece almost new, or used, or recent, etc.
..if you dont buy all of the above, then i also use it to fill the title with another word some people[may] use to search with..
posted on February 9, 2004 11:14:50 AM new
Ace, thanks. That is what I thought too. But then I got to thinking like the 70ties and 60ties era is known as 'retro', right?
So I think vintage is more considered 20, 30,40ties and under?
But yeah, see a lot of things referred to as vintage that I cant say are from those years so to me, it refers to as old or the original old one. lol.
posted on February 9, 2004 11:17:26 AM new
trai and myoldtoy:
Thanks for your imput. I could have sworn I read the terms somewhere by "those in the know" about such things. Just cant remember what it said exactly.
posted on February 9, 2004 11:19:32 AM new
I sell jewelry and I use vintage very loosly. Most of mine is 50's-60's but then again some new might slip in. The new I use the fashion catagory but the older I call Vintage. I think vintage is 50 years. Antique is 100 years, 1900-1920 Victorian era and Art Deco is the 20's
emaus era is mainly the 60,s but Retro can also be used. Vintage is really a great keyword.
posted on February 9, 2004 11:34:21 AM newthose in the know"
There really is no such thing as there is no definite descripion of the term vintage. Its wide open as everyone has their own version of what it means.
Libra63 is right about the age for Antique's [100 years] But then there is something written down that covers that unlike the term vintage.
posted on February 9, 2004 12:32:57 PM new
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary sayus 1; Of old, recognized and enduring. 2; Old Fashioned, Out Moded. 3: Of the best, most characteristic., a period of time,
