It has been proven that those who chose collectibles as investments and antiques as investments have the pleasure of collecting items of interest while watching them increase in value. A collectible or antique bought for $100.00 in the year 2000 was worth $111.05 in 2005 . . . If bought in 1980 the same $100.00 item would have increased to $293.97 by 2005 . . .Click on the inflation calculator at http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ to do your own calculations.