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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 1179077, member: 255"]And that’s part of the issue with the use of the word as IMO art and antiques aren’t always easy to separate as categories and do cross over. Original intended use no longer always differentiates the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an American who collects art (not antiques) and has an art history degree, IMO a primitive antique is an object of at least 100 years of age that was made by an untrained person using the simplest of tools.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 1179077, member: 255"]And that’s part of the issue with the use of the word as IMO art and antiques aren’t always easy to separate as categories and do cross over. Original intended use no longer always differentiates the two. As an American who collects art (not antiques) and has an art history degree, IMO a primitive antique is an object of at least 100 years of age that was made by an untrained person using the simplest of tools.[/QUOTE]
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