by Answer Rabbit on April 9th, 2006

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What is the difference between vintage and antique?

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by ...... on April 4th, 2008
An antique is something that is dated 20 plus years. It can be trace dated to a certain date.

Vintage on the other hand is a style from a era. for example the style of clothing from the 50tys automobiles of the 30tys etc...
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by PommyMommy on April 10th, 2006
Vintage refers to the age of an item, although not in years. For instance, you may have a piece of furniture or jewelry that is of 1920's vintage. In other words, from a particular time or era. Antique refers to the actual age of an item. Many furniture pieces are not considered antiques until they are 100 years old, although automobiles generally are considered antiques at 20 years old.
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by zeuspoop on April 4th, 2008
Aside from the spelling? I have no idea.
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by That Guy Again on April 4th, 2008
Antique only describes age.

Vintage on the other hand can also imply superior quality.

I am vintage, my furniture is antique.
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by Anonymous on April 4th, 2008
Antique is a unique thing, handmade, NO MASS production item can ever be antique, no matter how old it is. There is no such thing as antuque car or fridge.
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by DJ_Kremlin on April 4th, 2008
Don't know about other things, but when a wine is called a vintage, it means that it has not been mixed with other years. In other words, a 2006 vintage, means that it's all came from one barrel. A 2006 non-vintage, will be a bottle that has wine from multiple barrels and possible different years. But bottled and certified in/as 2006.
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by junkables on September 19th, 2010
The difference between the terms antique and vintage - is the age of the item. But some people disagree on how old an item has to be to be called an antique, I think an antique has be a hundred years old to be called an antique.
That might be why more people use the term vintage on the online antique site Junkables.com. It is safer to use the term vintage when describing your antiques than it is to use the term antique, even though we call lot of vintage items antiques because that term is used to describe an item that is old.

http://www.junkables.com
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by American idle on April 4th, 2008
Antiques are at least 40 years old.
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- Except cars in the US, they're classic at 20 and antique at 25.
  
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  by weatherman taking week or so off on April 4th, 2008
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by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on April 4th, 2008
About $50. lol
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by Anonymous on April 4th, 2008
I am vintage, like wine. Don't know if I will ever get to antique. Hope not.
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by qqq35 on June 6th, 2010
actually, to be considered a real antique the age must be greater than 100 years, not 20.
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