Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Exquisite Corpses [NYCC Christopher Bust] #5 (2025): price difference
Exquisite Corpses [NYCC Christopher Bust] #5 (2025) value — Ungraded $43 vs Grade 8.0 $28. Ungraded sells for 1.54× Grade 8.0 (+54%). Prices updated August 2026.
Medians of real sold listings per grade, updated August 2026 — how we compute values.
Ungraded sells for 1.54× (+54%) the Grade 8.0 price — a $15 difference per comic.
Ungraded sells for 1.79× (+79%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $19 difference per comic.
Should you get this comic graded?
Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Exquisite Corpses [NYCC Christopher Bust] #5 (2025), the jump from Grade 8.0 to Ungraded is worth $15 (1.54×) — 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 →Values are estimates from real sales data — not appraisals or offers. Some links earn JunkPal a commission at no cost to you (disclosure).