A discussion of the word Vintage

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Posted By: Hankron

Vintage means old. What constitutes being old is in the eye of the beholder. If someone wants to say a 1980 Topps Nolan Ryan is 'vintage' that's fine with me. I do draw a line, and would object if someone called a 1999 card vintage .... Whether or not we should label a 1975 George Brett Rookie is largely a silly argument when the argument gets heated. If you call the card 'modern' it was made in 1975 and if it called 'vintage' it's was made in 1975 ... I've never subscribed to the board definition as vintage being Pre-WWII ... From my personal and subjective perspective, I would call a 1975 Topps George Brett a vintage baseball card. If someone wants to disagree with that, that's okay.

I think that the term 'vintage' is most usuful not as an absolute term, but a relative one. I will say something is 'Vintage 1970s', which simply means "This item is from the 1970s and is not later."