When you get down to it, most folks who are interested in things vintage---whether they're movie buffs who thrill at the discovery of a film noir or pre-code picture they've neer seen, music buffs who have devoted their lives to hearing every note Bix ever recorded, or devotees of vintage fashion, ever on the watch for a belt-back suit from the 1930s or the perfect cloche hat from a decade before---are after a kind of time travel.