Originally Posted by
ScienceGuy
Ebay has two modes of selling, auction and buying. Buying is good to see what sellers think the market can support, and auctions are great for tracking what the buying community is generally willing to pay. With auctions the only way to have inflation is to have a smaller group of people consistently upping the prices.
So overall I think it's just indicative of the hobby expanding - with more people wanting the same things (especially things not made anymore) prices are going to go up; to some degree that's the cost of growing the hobby.