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poopsheet
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 Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, "vintage" isn't accurate but it's extremely common and has come to mean "old", apparently (although I might argue that something 20 years old isn't old either!). |
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jwautographs
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: |
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The term "vintage" has different relevance to the item being described.
For instance, in my field, it would be an issued item, photo, etc. signed during the same period as the signature. A 1960's photo signed in the 1960's would be considered "vintage signed photo".
A 1960's dress would be considered vintage as opposed to a reproduced 1960's sytle dress. |
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YourRainyDayBookStore
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:14 am Post subject: I |
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| cuppatea wrote: |  Vintage works, was just kidding, didn't mean to offend!
(It was funny to me because I usually consider vintage is 50+ years old and antique is 100+ years old, but it REALLY depends on what you're selling. I did some surfing for my types of products to see what was vintage versus antiques and the answers are all over the map depending on the item, so I'd say use what works for you. Because definitions are different, it helps that you define what you mean by vintage by putting the year.) |
Cuppatea, With books it does seem that vintage is used to describe just about any year so perhaps it depends on the age of the seller? If you are young enough then even 1985 is vintage. 
Randasresale, I can recall reading many discussions on when, how, and where vintage should be used and no one ever agrees. One of nice thing about listing books is having a choice of words to describe your book.
Perhaps you could call a 1970s book old, out-of-print or collectible and save vintage for the books from 1930s, 1940s or even 1950s. (It was difficult to add 1950s to that list as I was in my early 20s and that still seems like just a few years ago!  ) |
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randasresale
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| cuppatea wrote: | Vintage works, was just kidding, didn't mean to offend!
(It was funny to me because I usually consider vintage is 50+ years old and antique is 100+ years old, but it REALLY depends on what you're selling. I did some surfing for my types of products to see what was vintage versus antiques and the answers are all over the map depending on the item, so I'd say use what works for you. Because definitions are different, it helps that you define what you mean by vintage by putting the year.)
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I was using it as a keyword to describe as being not new? Is that ok?
(I'm asking seriously cuz I have been known to be wrong before! once or twice)
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randasresale
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: |
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| poopsheet wrote: | | Yeah, "vintage" isn't accurate but it's extremely common and has come to mean "old", apparently (although I might argue that something 20 years old isn't old either!). |
I guess that would make me vintage if 20 years = vintage as I'm 23 ROFL |
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poopsheet
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| randasresale wrote: | | I guess that would make me vintage if 20 years = vintage as I'm 23 ROFL |
Haha, well, I often suspect that the people using "vintage" for something that's 10-20 years old are pretty young -- the idea that something made in the '80s is oooollld... I can feel my bones creaking just thinking about it!
Nothing wrong with being young, of course! |
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cuppatea
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| .. or being old, of course |
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randasresale
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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lol. guilty.  I do have some 1950s fiction paperbacks - those are vintage right?
edited to say: I don't think anyone is old until about 70 years and above. 30s are the new 20s, 40s are the experienced and 50s-60s have a lot of wisdom so long as the first stages of alzheimer's aren't kicking in.
Just lost a very good friend of mine at age 82 - he didn't even strike me as 60 never mind 80.
I may be 23 but I live the life of someone with a few more years - I have 2 toddlers and have been married for almost 2 years. |
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poopsheet
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| randasresale wrote: | | I do have some 1950s fiction paperbacks - those are vintage right? |
Yeah, I would definitely say so.
| Quote: | | 30s are the new 20s |
Oh, great, now you tell me -- I've only got a couple more years to enjoy it... |
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randasresale
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| poopsheet wrote: | | randasresale wrote: | | I do have some 1950s fiction paperbacks - those are vintage right? |
Yeah, I would definitely say so.
| Quote: | | 30s are the new 20s |
Oh, great, now you tell me -- I've only got a couple more years to enjoy it... |
better check your memo settings.  |
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