The recent recession we are still in definitely created a price dip, but an informal observation is that prices have swung back almost to normal just within the last few months. Just within the last few months I've started losing auctions all over the place. If only my house's value would swing back...
But in terms of inflation investments beyond cards, I've bought some gold coins from a local coin shop, and right now I'm a fan of energy related investments (ticker "VDE" and "VGENX") as well as "TIPS" funds like VIPSX.
But in case things really get bad inflation wise, you gotta have your beans and bullets squared away. For an interesting fiction read on what might happen to the U.S. in a hyperinflation full-scale economic collapse, check out:
http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Novel...8410634&sr=8-1