Mose's post above puts it well. Collecting for the most part is nothing more than hoarding.

The sidelock ejector was turned into a fetish and that in turn brought on a flood of copies which kind of diminished the vintage status of the originals.

Arguably true vintage items are the ones that are no longer made and represent their era, ie a 1930s Cord car. From that point of view a 1930 pump is more deserving the vintage description since it is typical of its era and there are no modern repros.