What are the pros and cons of buying a comic book collection?
There are different ways, obviously, in which one can develop into becoming an investor or collector. You can buy individual comic books, which is probably how most people start, as little kids going to the local store and buying a comic book. Or you can go and buy comic book collections, finding them in the newspapers and classified ads, at estate sales or online. It all depends on what your taste is and what your budget is at the time. I have found when I want to collect a certain title, it would be easy now in the days of the Internet. I could buy the entire comic book run, Number 1 through to 150, if I have the money to spend. In some ways I find that takes the fun out of it. A lot of this, especially with the older titles, is the search. That's what makes it so interesting. Trying to find this rare issue of which very few copies exist. Now you don't have to focus on trying to make this intensive effort to find it. If you want to get into it from a sales and investment standpoint, sure, it might make sense to buy a comic book collection, because obviously, the larger the collection you buy, more likely the less money you are spending per book that you can then generate in your sales. But again, this is something that will depend on your own taste and your own budget.
