The terms collectible and vintage have both been hijacked, it's true. AbeBooks, the AbeBooks logo, AbeBooks. Grown men and women go to eBay to find more things for their collections. It was then that our love affair with the automobile and the open road truly began. Girls rule in this category as Smurfette is the most valuable. If one says 'vintage' in a description can it mean antique? If you're holding on to your G. The first Nikes of this style, the Cortez, were the royal blue with a yellow swoosh on the side.
It has been used and abused to the point that just about anything sold these days is marketed as a collectible. You could go for a quirky Volkswagen Type 2 that you could convert into a camper van, which would be ideal if you love getting away for the weekend and want to take all the home comforts with you. The word vintage by itself is meaningless until everyone agrees with an accepted definition. Example; When I do a search, let's say; for a piece of glassware; I might type in the company name or the pattern that I am looking for. I will heed your advice and wait til I get positive feedback from the buyer first. I try to use the year or decade of the item sometimes, narrowing down the age. My own opinion, again, not a rule for anyone is; The best thing one can do is to know or find out what they have and list it by name, manufacturer, date etc.
I am very upset about this. Do your homework by looking at the garment tag and check where the item was made to determine if it's vintage or a modern-day copy. I expect to see the definition change officially in the near future to clarify meaning. You can probably remember hearing the clicking sound of the numbers flipping. To see the toys I played with as a kid labeled as vintage is both an annoyance and a wake-up call to my age? So I guess were are stuck with it. As a customer, who is a collector; the majority of the things I buy are those which I collect and know something about already.
Some of the earliest automotive books were serious analyses of that burgeoning industry - not to mention its abysmal safety record - but before long, the romance of the road captured the imagination of drivers and writers all over the world. Guidebooks for drivers in both Europe and North America began to appear alongside early accounts of what would become a 20th century rite of passage - The Road Trip. Truly, a law would be great but do no good. I feel that any unhappy buyer should at least give the seller an opportunity to address their complaints and, if warranted, rectify the situation. That's right, a few pieces of tiny plastic fashioned into. From rumble seats to tail fins, from speedways to highways, we've found some of the most fascinating classic car books available on AbeBooks. How old does something have to be to be called a collectible.
However some items, like cars, for example, are often called antique because so few of them are over 100 years old. Your main focus might have been what to wear to school the next day Gloria Vanderbilt or Calvin Klein jeans when you might run out of Aqua Net hairspray, or what was playing on the radio. At 45, I guess that makes me vintage :-p the usage varies as much as the education of the seller. Ive been told several times by dealers that anything 100 yrs or older is an antique. Whether you need a bumper for a 1957 Plymouth Fury or a spare tire for a 1930s Packard, your best opportunity to find the exact vintage car part you need is right here. Since the term has been hijacked and abused for the sole purpose of describing and hocking other non-wine related items; it's rather meaningless and can pretty much be used the way anyone wishes to continue abusing it. Even if the action figures aren't in pristine condition, they will still sell.
Look out for a Morris Minor for a great example of British car engineering, or search for a Triumph Herald for a stylish classic look. Retrograde, retrocede, retroaction, retrogress etc. To me, vintage must have a time period year, decade attached to it. Watch for this one at garage sales. The houses, clothes, and accessories are valuable.
Leaving positive feedback as soon as you receive payment is pretty risky as some buyers later become very unreasonable when it comes to shipping, packing, and the item itself once received. There was another product, stickers and trading cards called with take-offs of name brand products. I will use your wording on my response. At one point in collecting history there were antiques, 100 year old items and collectables, older items on their way to becoming antiques. I'm sure there is a customer base of those, who simply accumulate things, but they only make up one part of the overall market that can be tapped here on ebay and many of them don't have a clue, other than the seller's word as to what it is they are buying. If you have the box and the original receipt, they will be even more valuable.
I think the older we get the more we frown at the word being used for things from the last couple generations. Example: A Lava Lamp is Vintage 60's That Corvair is Vintage 60's Disco music is Vintage 80's, etc. It was very loud, and you could often see young people walking down the street carrying one on their shoulder while it belted out 80s pop and rap music. It has absolutely nothing to do with an item being old or from a certain era. Antique is a much harder word to hijack, but that word too gets its share of abuse too. And yes, these still sell on eBay. The fact that I am searching for it by its name shows that I already know what it is and likely era it is from, so the use of those words are somewhat redundant to begin with and do little if anything to help people find your auctions.
The same people that sell the fake stuff would disregard it. As in backward, not back as in your body part. The boards can be used to make table tops or framed for an interesting conversation piece. It might be because I am so glad to 'get' a payment! This is an opinion only, and can be subject to error. . Rosemary Technically, Richard is on the money.
Buyers may be trying to complete their own game set, and people do all kinds of other things with game pieces like making jewelry, Christmas ornaments, or decorative art for their homes. Mike, I think your search will work just fine for certain items, but I can't imagine how I would find any of the stuff I buy with as specific a search as you're suggesting. The 1980s were a great time to be a teenager. I want to make sure I know the difference before I respond. Anyone know the correct definition of Vintage? Retro is latin for back. Does that apply to new item out, or older items that are on the market now? Retro :- I'm surprised it didn't come up earlier. Vintage: Pertains to the year a wine was made.