Amar chitra katha value series8/1/2023 Many collectors who can spend more on buying comics, happily do so. He has 60-plus Indrajal comics and says there total value will be Rs 3 lakh-plus. A freelance writer on comic blogs, Joshi spends a big portion of his monthly income (between Rs 20,000 and Rs 40,000) on comics. Mumbai's Aalok Joshi, 26, a dentistry student, says he spends every rupee he saves on comics. “Comic aficionados like myself and some others are trying to make a database of comics, so we would go any lengths to buy comics, whether it means a few thousands or several lakhs for a collection.” Jameel owns over 5,000 Indian comics and says the collection can fetch a “good sixfigure price”. A passionate collector would happily pay up to Rs 1 lakh for a well-preserved copy, says Mohan.Īnother Bangalore collector and architect Subin Jameel, 23, says collectors know the value of something they want. The print run of Tinkle’s three-decade-old “Kalia the Crow” series was around 25,000. “For collectors, emotional value is the key that drives prices of rare comic books,” says Manas Mohan, COO, ACK Media, which publishes Tinkle. The size of the market and value of rare items can only grow in India, they say. Slowly, say collectors, classic comic books are on their way to becoming an alternate investment. Websites like eBay, OLX, egully and quikr offer classic comic books. Online markets that make information gathering as well as buying and selling a lot easier are another booster to the trade in classic comics.
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