Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Fables [Variant] #1 (2002): price difference

Fables [Variant] #1 (2002) value — Ungraded $30 vs Grade 8.0 $48. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.6× Ungraded (+60%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$30eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$421.4× · +40%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$481.6× · +60%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$30$48

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.6× (+60%) the Ungraded price — a $18 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$30$42

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.4× (+40%) the Ungraded price — a $12 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Fables [Variant] #1 (2002), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $18 (1.6×) — 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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