How do I start collecting on a small budget?

The most important advice is this: buy above all what you genuinely like, and set yourself a ceiling you stick to. The most accessible way in tends to be works on paper — drawings, watercolours and prints — where even a well-known name can be had for tens of thousands of crowns, and prints from as little as a thousand crowns. Take your time and don't let yourself be pushed into a decision; your first work need not be the investment of the century, it is enough that it gives you pleasure.