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ToddI just like to keep the M101 topics alive. James, the subject of relative scarcity for the m101-4s and m101-5s has been discussed before--try the search function.
As for multipliers, I believe they are of marginal value with these issues. For example, a Mall Theatre card is 100 times scarcer than a standard blank back or TSN back m101-4, yet I doubt a buyer would pay that premium. In fact, I believe that not long ago a Vg+ Mall Theatre card was up on Ebay and did not meet the opening bid of $299.00. So at least for the really tough ones like Mall and Holmes to Homes, scarcity does not translate well to multipliers. Still, for the sake of discussion, I believe those two would garner a 5-10x multiplier, and probably should be worth more.
The others probably fall in the 1.5 to 3x range, and you'd be lucky to get 3x unless its a HOFer or Black Sox player on a Succesful Farming card in excellent or better condition. Actually, I would change that, as any player or team collector might pay that multiplier if seriously into all variations. Finally, I would expect the multiplier to shrink as the condition decreases. I've seen a slew of pretty beat up Indy Brewing and Standard Biscuit cards on Ebay in the past few months that did not fetch anything eye-popping (same too for Famous and Barr, but they're fairly common anyway).
My 2 cents, multiplied by 1.5-3x.