Betty's Antique Buttons & Such from Stitches in Time Antique Shoppe...: Sewing and Stitchery EXPO 2009

Please Join me at the Sewing and Stitchery EXPO,
Feb 26-Mar 1st at the Puyallup Fair and Events Center, Puyallup, WA.
Hours are 8:30 am to 6;00 pm.
This is the nations largest sewing show with celebrity speakers and classes that will amaze you. www.sewexpo.com 866-554-8559 I am bringing lots of "old" and exciting sewing and buttons so be sure to stop by Booth 400 in the Showplex exhibitors hall.

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Definition...

The definition of antique varies from source to source, product to product and year to year. But, some time-tested definitions of antique deserve consideration:
An item which is at least 50 to 100 years old and is collected or desirable due to rarity, condition, utility, or some other unique feature. Motor vehicles, power tools and other items subject to vigorous use in contrast, may be considered antiques in the U.S. if older than 25 years, and some electronic gadgets of more recent vintage may be considered antiques
antique (noun) - Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity.
In the United States the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act defined an antique as "works of art (except rugs and carpets made after the year 1700), collections in illustration of the progress of the arts, works in bronze, marble, terra cotta, parian, pottery or porcelain, artistic antiquities and objects of ornamental character or educational value which shall have been produced prior to the year 1830." 1830 was roughly the beginning of mass production in the U.S.
These definitions allows people to make a distinction between genuine antique pieces, vintage items or collectible objects.
The alternative term antiquities is commonly used to refer the remains of ancient art and everyday items from antiquity, which themselves are often archaeological artifacts.
The term antiquiarian refers to a person interested in antiquities or things of the past.

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