Cars are the only other collectibles community I've been exposed to; that's where I got the 25 years figure. Though I was aware of the cultural dilution of the term "antique", I wasn't aware it originally had a sliding scale dependent on presumed use. That's pretty interesting.
I still say a 1920 phonograph is clearly an antique, though. Seems like 50 years is a pretty good yardstick for just about any collectible, though that's merely opinion. This might be worth investigating from a legal standpoint if it would substantially increase the value of a given collection. Or is the term "vintage" intended to fill the gap? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:54:40 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs > > Cars are considered officially antique at age 25. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Rich > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 6:30 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs > > I have seen the definition of age greater than 100 but have never seen > anything close to 25 as being defined as antique. > > Robert Wright wrote: > > I don't know about tariffs, but I've always understood the definition of > "antique" to mean 25 years or older, not 100. A 1920 phonograph is an > antique by any definition. > > > > > >> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:26:39 -0600 > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs > >> > >> That will work for the items that you are willing to spend the time and > >> $$ shipping. I still would want to very carefully read the tariff to > >> see just exactly what is and is not covered by the damage coverage. > >> > >> Antique has a definition and it usually means 100 years old or older. > >> > >> The tariff also usually states that it supersedes any promises, claims, > >> or off-the-cuff comments made by any employ or agent that does not > >> match the tariff. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
