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Here is the link to the broad CPI index trends going back to the early 1900s.  You can

go into the data base and find different categories.  The key point is that the USA in contrast to many other countries in the world has not experienced runaway inflation for

the past 125 years.

http://inflationdata.com/Infla...x/HistoricalCPI.aspx

Let me give you some examples of how not to invest in toy trains.

1990 - 2015.  Right of Way trains LN values have dropped about 70%

Lionel 700E rerun (Orig 1991 MRSP something like $1400) now can be gotten

for $500-$600 LN

Yes, indeed some people will pay huge amounts of money for "one in a kinds" and I say more power to the buyer and seller.