(June 11, 2020 at 1:06 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(June 11, 2020 at 12:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yes, an electric stove from the 80s would be considered vintage. My wife has a shop that deals almost exclusively in old goods. Anything from 20-100 years old is considered ‘vintage’. To qualify as ‘antique’, the item must be more than 100 years old. ‘Collectible’ is a much more nebulous term - it’s rather faddy.
These terms and ages are pretty standard across collectors worldwide for things like clothing, furniture, tools/utensils and so on. I’m given to understand that people who deal in collectible automobiles have different criteria.
Boru
We live in different worlds.
Around here an old electric stove is junk, scrap metal or a target - depending on mood and availability of ammo......
And if Tannerite is involved at least a couple hundred meters is advised....
https://youtu.be/DjlOEhUr4Ys
It’s the same world, honestly. Vintage and antique just refer to the age of the item, they say nothing about its value. Those old electric stoves from the 80s are vintage. But there’s nothing that says a vintage item can’t also be junk. The value of a piece is determined by factors other than age - things like condition, rarity and the market. This is why, for example, a lot of VERY old coins aren’t worth much more than the price of the metal in them.
Looking at the stove you posted, I’d have a hard time convincing myself to hand over $100 for it. It’s a vintage piece of junk.
Boru
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