Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Sonic the Hedgehog [March] #1 (1993): price difference

Sonic the Hedgehog [March] #1 (1993) value — Ungraded $34 vs Grade 8.0 $60. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.76× Ungraded (+76%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$34eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$471.38× · +38%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$601.76× · +76%eBay ↗

Medians of real sold listings per grade, updated August 2026 how we compute values.

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$34$60

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.76× (+76%) the Ungraded price — a $26 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$34$47

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.38× (+38%) the Ungraded price — a $13 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Sonic the Hedgehog [March] #1 (1993), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $26 (1.76×) — at today's prices that doesn't cover the fee — grading this one is for the collection, not the flip. A grade below the top one changes the math, so run your exact numbers first.

Run the grading break-even math →
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