Re: FOR SALE: Radio Shack Astronaut 8

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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> CW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >I have seen it. Look it up your self. I'm not going to hunt for something
> >for you. Look under US Customs Laws.
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> I just did a search on the entirety of "Title 19, USC" which is _all_ US
> Customs laws.  The word 'antique' is not mentioned *anywhere*.
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> This is readily verified by anyone -- <http://www.cornell.edu/uscode/19/>
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> 19 USC 1489 "related to entry of antique furniture at certain ports",
> but that section was _repealed_ in 1962.
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> You made the claim, now _can_ you back it up, or not?
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> I repeat:
>    Can you provide a *LEGAL*CITATION* to back up your claim  that -anything-
>    claimed to be an 'antique' must be 100 years old?
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>    Or are you, in actuality, as ignorant of _actual_legal_facts_ as you
>    claim others are?
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>    "Put up, or *SHUT*UP*" applies.
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> 

This thread seems to have run it's course, but I'll toss in my two cents worth -

Here is an explanation from the Antiques Roadshow. 

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/speak/antique.html>

Simply put, dealers and serious collectors tend to hold to the 100 year rule.

Others don't.

"...the word "antique" generally refers to an older object valued because of its 
aesthetic or historical significance. "