ok il admit its not the smartest plan haha 
but its the cutest 
I put on the side around 10% of my salary each month for pokemon cards (the salary is not really big but it’s something 
).
Probably 15-20% but that includes all forms of cardboard.
But I only take into account cardboard of significant value that’s “liquid” and I value everything on the conservative side.
I guess I would be about 1/3 home equity + vehicles value, 1/3 Pokemon and other collectible value and 1/3 various savings and retirement vehicles. Extremely rough estimate and likely valuing the Pokemon very low.
My inputs to those in the past 5 years since I bought my house are about 1/2 into house + vehicles, 1/2 into savings/retirement. The Pokemon has had very little input in fresh dollars but don’t ask about how much time.
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It varies per month, but probably about 15-25% to rent, clothing, food, mobile, car insurance and gas, etc. (PS: I still live with my parents, otherwise this would have been higher of course); 10% to my twisty puzzles collection; 25-35% to my Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh collections; rest (30-50%) to my savings account. Although those two Art Academy Pikachus that were 1k+ USD last month might have changed those numbers a bit… 
Still, I looked at my savings account yesterday and was surprised to see it is even above the amount it was right before I bought my car (even though the car was 4,5k, and I bought loads of collectibles in the past year as well). Those taxes at the start of 2019 will probably hit me again… They punish people who save their money here in The Netherlands… 
Greetz,
Quuador
What do you mean? Do they tax you for having money in the bank, or you mean they tax the interest you earn?
Totally off topic, but I was playing online poker with Greek players and some guy told me he’s taxed 15-20% on a DAILY basis for whatever amount he has on his pokerstars account. It gets ridiculous to the point most of them just register a bunch of tournaments before 7:00 to hide they have thousands of $/€.
On topic, I probably have somewhere around 15% in Pokemon and the same in precious metals.
Second part somewhat, but I mainly meant the first. If you’re bank accounts combines are above a certain amount at the end of the year, you have to pay taxes at the start of the new year. It’s not very high, but last time I still had to pay around 90 euros when I was only just above it. And since the banks are no longer giving interest (well, they do, but just 0.05% right now 
), it’s better to spend money until you’re below that certain amount at the end of the year… Which is what I meant with ‘punishing’ people who save their money properly. (PS: Taking it off the bank is also no option, because of you have over 500 euros in person you also pay taxes for that…)
Greetz,
Quuador
My net worth is pretty small since I am a young thug, but roughly around 40% of my net worth is Pokemon related. 
Sound high, but all my income goes into either a bank account, a retirement account, or Pokemon.
This hobby that I love is a painful reminder of how poor I really am.