FREE: Old Antique purple wallet

vintage, not antique. Antiques is 100 yrs, but for a few things.

Not sure about the difference between antique and vintage? We get confused, too. So we turned to Sally Schwartz, founder of the Randolph Street Market Festival (it returns next week, June 19 and 20), who gives us her definitions.

Antique “At least 100 years old with history and provenance—such as where it came from, who owned it if possible—attached and a known value.”
Vintage “Represents a precise and recognizable period or moment in time. Vintage should be in mint or at least good condition; otherwise it borders on thrift.”
Thrift “Used, not necessarily from any particular period.”
Read more: http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/shopping/86299/whats-the-difference-between-antique-vintage-and-thrift#ixzz11rnNi0bu

What is the true meaning of "antique", "vintage" and "second hand" as
applied to objects?
According to the website for the television show Antique Roadshow, "As
Michael points out, the word "antique" generally refers to an older
object valued because of its aesthetic or historical significance."

The definition of the word antique, since in some ways it carries a
relative meaning [what is antique in a younger culture like the US may
be considered not antique in an older culture like the UK]. In the US,
the definition was set somewhat by the US Customs officials who needed
to determine what imports should be classified as antiques. Their
conclusions were as follows:

"Antiques, they concluded, were objects that predated the mass
production of objects in the 1830s. Since the defining moment went
back about 100 years, the office defined an antique as something made
over 100 years ago. Duty was collected on objects younger than the
century-old divider, and it still is."

[source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/speak/antique.html ]

The definition of antique becomes totally different, as well, when you
are talking about cars [ex.
http://vintagecars.about.com/library/weekly/aa112297.htm ] or
computers [ ://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&querytime=QQAdB&q=antique+computers

Generally, while antiques need to be a certain number of years old to
be thought of as antique, vintage has more to do with the relative age
of the item, in terms of the age of the class of things to which it
belongs.

The word vintage comes to us from wineries and includes quality in its
definition "Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring
appeal" so while an antique could be anything that was particularly
old [and, one would assume, salable] items that were vintage would be
presumed to be of high quality.

[source: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=vintage ]

Antique, on the other hand, seems to have more of an arty sense to it,
and as well an archaic sense. To call a dress vintage would be a
compliment and to call it an antique might not be.

[source: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=antique ]

Second-hand is the easiest of all of these because it basically just
applies to the previous life of the object. If an object is second
hand, it has been previously owned [and, one would assume, used]
before. It is, essentially, the opposite of "new" and can be of any
age, quality or style.

I deal in antiques and vintage items

i have to bid just because i find that exchange pretty flippin humerous.

I wish some of the people who claim to really have antiques would put a few on Lisita. Antique is whatever people think or they want it to be. I went to the Antiques Roadshow, the guy did not know anything about the plate I have. And he gave me the wrong info on my lamps. A couple of appraisers here in town actually own an antique store. But they do not know anything about my plate nor this metal dish with a bone, ceramic, or ??? I was told the 1541 "is most likely the mold number. Hmmm, so appraisers do not know it all about Antiques.