If like me, you are not lucky enough to be at the fabled Winter Antique Show in New York City this coming week, I thought you might enjoy this sneak peek introspective from the fine folks over at 1stDibs.

It is my goal to be in NYC for this spectacular event within the next 5 years. Until then, I’ll just drool over the offerings from posts like this.

http://www.1stdibs.com/introspective/on_location/10_to_watch/

Differentiating between antique and vintage seems as good a place to begin as any with this new foray into the world of blogging.

By definition an antique is an object that is 100 or more years old. It is generally considered desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human society. Read more »