How much can I expect to spend on comic book collecting?

How much can I expect to spend on comic book collecting?

Mark Zaid (Owner of Esquire Comics) gives expert video advice on: When did comic book collecting become popular?; How do you become a comic book collector?; Should I insure my comic books? and more...

The great thing about comic book collecting is the budget is up to you. You can go to comic book shows and you can go into the quarter boxes and you can pull out as many as you want and come with a boxful of comics and have only spent $10. Or you can go with your credit card and spend $500,000 on a particular comic book. It all depends on what your interests are, and what your budget is, and what your spouse may allow, if you want to remain married. But this is something you need to decide: are you a collector or are you an investor? What do you want to look at? How do you budget it with what your income? As with anything, you have to budget properly. Don't put all of your income, your disposable income, into comic books. Don't put it all into artwork, unless that's something you really want to do. There are a lot of different ways to be a comic book collector, so you need to decide if you want to be a smart collector, a smart investor, or even just a reader? Go buy the comics that you enjoy and spend that money. There is nothing that will say that if you spend a dollar on a comic book, $100 on a comic book or $10,000 on a comic book, that you're going to enjoy that comic exponentially more based on the price you paid. It's what you enjoy, and that's the key to it.