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> From: suzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [lace] Antique = 100+ Years in the USA
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> i'm going to leave this letter as is just so everyone will know on
> lace
> chat what the conversation was about. i also said in the email, if i
> didn't say this clearly, that i wasn't sure and that i had heard from
> someone else it was considered antique after 20 years old. this is
> obviously not true and i wouldn't want to be responsible for
> misleading
> anyone or seeming to accuse anyone or any seller of misusing this
> label
> to make a sale.
>
> i appreciate knowing what erra a seller is really advertising by the
> responses i've already gotten from other arachians. so don't be so
> worried. i am not giving others the idea that america is allowed to
> cheat the public by lieing about the age of their items. this is not
> true at all. someone even printed the rules at to what age means
> what
> in america, so it was clearly explained and i'll find the email the
> nice and well informed person sent and send it to lace chat so
> everyone
> will know what the u.s. really considers to be antique, which is the
> same as the u.k. being the item at 100 years old.
>
>
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 10/12/05 5:49:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> >
> > > > Suzy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > " if its older than 20 years most old things are considered
> > antique."
> > > >
> > > > In the UK an antique has to be at least 100 years old, so now
> > > > anything made
> > > > in or before 1905 is an antique. Next year it will be anything
> > made
> > > > in or
> > > > before 1906. Anything younger than 100 years is a
> "collectable".
> > Made
> > > > in the
> > > > last 20 years would be termed a "modern collectable". I think
> > there a
> > > > few
> > > > exceptuions, but 100 years is the general rule.
> > > >
> > > > Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
> > >
> >
> > Dear Suzy and Other Collectors,
> >
> > Twenty years old is not considered an antique in the USA. Perhaps
> > some
> > irresponsible sellers on eBay may have given you this impression,
> but
> > it is
> > incorrect. It is false advertising.
> >
> > Let us not give people all over the world the wrong impression.
> > "Collectible" may be used, if you like. But remember that
> > "Collectible" is almost
> > anything these days. Then, there is the matter of "Vintage".
> There
> > are people who
> > deliberately age items to make them appear to be "Vintage".
> Beware!
> >
> >
> > In the USA, all purchases abroad must be declared on Department of
> > the
> > Treasury Customs Declaration forms whether dutiable or not, and
> > whether obtained by
> > purchase, as a gift, or otherwise. If an item is 100 years old or
> > older it is
> > considered an "Antique", making it exempt from duty taxation. You
> > must be
> > able to prove it is "Antique", which collectors often do by
> obtaining
> > a receipt
> > from an antique dealer from whom the item was purchased.
> >
> > If you want to get technical and formal, there are many
> descriptions
> > of what
> > is antique that can be obtained from the government and from
> antiques
> >
> > organizations.
> >
> > Perhaps someone would like to send this to Lace Chat, if this
> thread
> > has been
> > discussed there. We must not give such inaccurate information as
> to
> > state
> > that "If it's older than 20 years most old things are considered
> > antique." This
> > would be false advertising. It could get some of our Arachnes into
> > serious
> > trouble.
> >
> > Jeri Ames in Maine USA
> > Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
> >
> >
>
> from suzy in tennessee,u.s.a.
>
>
>
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