| A common question among new collectors or
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| | it, don't get locked up. It's not that
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| those starting an antique dealer business
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| | bad, but guns must have been manufactured
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| is why are some old items called antiques
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| | before 1898 to be an antique.
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| while others are just called vintage?
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| Good question. A question that makes me
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| | Have and Eye for the Old
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| think of vinegar. Huh? There is
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| | New collectors tend to overlook the fact
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| everyday newly produced vinegar that
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| | that it is not difficult to manufacture
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| costs pennies then there is aged vinegar
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| | an item in the same style as a period
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| that can cost as much as a bottle of fine
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| | piece, and with aging techniques it can
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| aged wine or liquor. The same is also
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| | be very difficult to spot a fake. So,
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| true for "stuff". Technically, anything
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| | how can you tell if your "antique" is hot
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| be it a hair pin to a piece of paper is
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| | off the assembly line or the genuine
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| anointed with antique status on its
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| | article? The only proven method is to
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| century old birthday, and antiques are so
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| | read every resource about the items you
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| desired because they simply get better
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| | wish to buy. Subscribe to specialty
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| with age. It is this aging process that
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| | magazines, read collecting books, analyze
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| gives an item, be it food or furniture, a
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| | pictures readily available online that
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| quality that cannot be reproduced.
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| | are common fakes, and attend auction
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| | previews were you can freely examine
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| The set standard for antiques in the
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| | items. This becomes your education and
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| industry is when an item is 100 years
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| | how you will acquire an eye for what is
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| old. Normally antique dealers (the
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| | old. Remember, you can abstain from
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| honest ones) stick to this timeline so
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| | acquiring antiques at an auction, and
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| customers can rely on a consistent
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| | simply go to learn. Look over the items.
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| standard, but the inexperienced ebayer or
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| | Hold them. Feel the fabrics. Compare
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| unscrupulous seller may list an item that
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| | old pieces of glass, porcelain and
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| is only 75, 50, even 30 years old as an
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| | pottery to newer ones. The more you see
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| antique, when it is really vintage. So
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| | it, feel it, and study it, the more of an
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| always ask the seller how old it is. If
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| | expert you become.
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| they claim not to know ask how they
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| determined it was an antique. That is
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| | For example, an experienced person may
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| certainly a fair question. As the buyer
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| | see old tin pea cans that were pitched by
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| you must educate yourself on how to spot
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| | workers under a bridge over a hundred
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| a fake, or you may end up paying
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| | years ago and think they were trash. But
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| hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars for
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| | the experienced collector knows that if
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| a reproduction. (Reproductions have been
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| | those labels are in pretty good shape,
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| made for centuries, so even the old fakes
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| | that trash is actually a treasure. This
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| look authentic!)
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| | doesn't apply to all antiques, however.
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| | Just because something is an antique
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| Exception to the Rule
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| | doesn't mean it will bring big daddy the
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| Firearms must actually be older than 100
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| | big bucks.
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| years in order to be an antique. Hold
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