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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheOLdGuy, post: 116909, member: 878&quot;]ClutteredCloset is accurate on the 100 year criteria for &quot;authentic antiques&quot; and Desperate Fun is only slightly off. In fact she&#039;s too generous. The <a href="http://www.aaca.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aaca.org/" rel="nofollow">Antique Automobile Club of America</a> set the age as 20 years. So if you have a 1996 Chevy you can register with them as antique. ?????? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But each State sets their dates as suits them. So you may not qualify for a special license plate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I might qualify as antique in a decade or so, I&#039;m with the 100 year mark for &quot;antiques.&quot; But that&#039;s a bit hard for a 75 year old looking for the toys he played with as a kid not being antique. So most of us give them some leeway.</p><p>But that doesn&#039;t mean all of us. |</p><p><br /></p><p>Some may remember the Alma Frappia needle work for which these folks successfully ended my 60 year quest. It was clearly dated 1888. In 1970 I had brought it to the head historian for <font size="4"><a href="http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0080ff">Antiques &amp; The Arts Weekly</span></a> in Newtown, CT for help. She told me I had to come back in 18 years to have it considered antique. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>~</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29433[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>~Borrowed pic. as sample for educational purpose.</p><p>~This is only 24 inches tall and is officially an umbrella stand. It&#039;s most similar to the one I grew up with in the front entry foyer. So close I think that&#039;s identical. Can&#039;t be positive because it went with my bro&#039;s house that burned down about ten years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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