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01-02-2013 01:58 AM
Lets clear this up.
According to Websters dictionary vintage means a item from that era.
Photos here are being sold as vintage, well if the person or pose was from the 1930s, then the photo should be from the 1930s. You cannot list a Mae west photo that was taken in 1933 and it be a reprint from 1990 and call it vintage because it is not from that era. All this makes this photo is a reprint.
So, any reproduction of any nature even if it was done 10 years after is NOT vintage, any reprints/reproductions need to be stopped from being called vintage.
01-02-2013 09:08 AM
vintage has to be used with other words like 1950's vintage or 1930's vintage it does not describe a time unless you use a year
02-02-2013 09:06 AM
This question will never be satisfactorily answered, or at least there are a lot of eBayers who will disregard any definitions, Websters or not. Etsy, another giant online marketplace for craftspeople and sellers of vintage and antique wares, prohibits listing anything as vintage unless it is at least 20 years old. That prohibition is widely abused as dollar store items can be found on Etsy, just as they are on eBay, billed as vintage and for the unsophisticated buyers of the world, once again, they are being taken. Policing can only go so far. For honest sellers who want to provide their buyers with their best information I consider my items worthy of the "vintage" designation if they are 20 years old or older and bear some sort of collectible quality. I use the word "vintage" as the first word in my title and use the decade somewhere else in my title (usually at the end). I do admit to stretching the "antique" title a bit, but not by much. I am considering certain things, especially from the 1920s-1930s antiques and I don't think too many people would consider that fraudulent.