Liz wrote: > A friend who dealt in antiques said that 25 years makes vintage and 50 antique. This was told to me in the80s so it seemed right that 50s items were vintage. However I find it strange to think of 70s items as vintage. I tend to try not to think about the 70s at all!!!>
Officially in the UK an antique has to be 100 years old. Think it's only 50 years in the US. Don't know about elsewhere. Vintage is really a worthless phrase - it's sometimes used to describe items a year old or less if it's no longer available and depending on what it is. A vintage computer could only be 10 or 15 years old. On antiques programmes, they now seem to be regarding the 1980s as vintage. Obviously the years will advance as time does. In the year 2000, 1900 was antique. Now it's 1914. I think most of us are vintage, and it won't be long before some of us are (hopefully) antique (we already are if you use the US version)! Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
