Defining "Vintage"

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Posted By: hankron

With photographs, vintage technically means that the photo was made soon after the photograph was shot. So one can say "vintage 1994 photo," meaning the photo was made in 1994 and not later.

In that sense, it's reasonable for an ebay seller of a 1974 toy to say, "It's vintage and not a modern repro."

Other than that, I accept that different collectors have different definitions of what is vintage. Presumably, the seller is going to give a year for the baseball card, so his definition is window dressing.