Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Star Wars [Whitman] #9 (1978): price difference

Star Wars [Whitman] #9 (1978) value — Ungraded $4 vs Grade 8.0 $30. Grade 8.0 sells for 7.5× Ungraded (+650%). Prices updated September 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$4—eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$174.25× · +325%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$307.5× · +650%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$4→$30

Grade 8.0 sells for 7.5× (+650%) the Ungraded price — a $26 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$4→$17

Grade 6.0 sells for 4.25× (+325%) the Ungraded price — a $13 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Star Wars [Whitman] #9 (1978), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $26 (7.5×) — 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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