In rec.antiques Joe Schell <joecoin@no-spam> wrote:
>In article <bf4cc0$d72$1@no-spam>, jim@no-spam
>says...
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>> Joe Schell wrote in message ...
>> >In article <bf3290$kfp$1@no-spam>, jim@no-spam
>> >says...
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>> >> Joe Schell wrote in message ...
>> >> >In article <bf1lst$jum$1@no-spam>, jim@no-spam
>> >> >says...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Joe Schell wrote in message ...
>> >> >> >What's the difference between an antique and an antiquity?
>> >> >> >--
>> >> >> >Copper is as copper does.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> Joe,
>> >> >> A thousand or so years.
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>> >> >> Jim ( economic use of
>> >> keyb )
>> >> >> : )
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>> >> >>
>> >> >Is ther a definitive cut off?
>> >> >--
>> >> >Copper is as copper does.
>> >> >
>> >> I dont think so, but stuff from 1000 A.D. and before would be an
>> >> Antiquity, that is my opinion .
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Jim ( Thin Air Antiques )
>> : )))
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >So the oldest antique would be just under 1 thousand years old, and the
>> >newest antiquity would be (roughly) 1 thousand years old.
>> >--
>> >Copper is as copper does.
>> >
>> Absolutely !!!
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>And in fifty years?
An antiquity could academically be regarded as the period before the
Middle Ages. So in fifty years, it will still be the period *before* the
Middle Ages. Just like a veteran car, is accepted as a car made before
1916, or (strictly) before 1905.
--
Ronnie