Steph Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 When I started collecting marbles, "vintage" meant "earlier than 1970". It's now 20 years later. But something made in the 1970's is still considered modern. Right? Just pondering when the definitions will get updated .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 1970 is modern - as is 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Gail Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Well Charlie and I was talking on this one day when I seen this at a antique store that I volunteer at. Some things they have are vintage and some newer. I looked this up and it does say vintage on eBay and others so idk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 This is what I was thinking but googled it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Vintage is to me something that I remember seeing for sale new or owned as new in my past lifetime. It does not have to be that old—just after 1954 . Marble—On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Vintage to me would be those items enjoyed by the two or three generation before me, items that I would have no living memory of because they were no longer offered by the time I was around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 I tend to ignore both terms, just like “Unique”. Just marketing terms for more money… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 I agree that "vintage" is such an ambiguous term, and its meaning so often dependent on the user's age, that it is near meaningless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 I guess I always thought antique was 100+ years and vintage was anything newer than that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 I think the definition of "antique" is pretty well defined but the definition of "vintage", especially the upper (newer) limit, is where the problem lies. I would disagree that anything made sometime between yesterday and 99 years ago is vintage. Although, I'd be okay calling something made between 25 and 99 years ago vintage, but that's just me, and therein lies the problem IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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