1985 Garbage Pail Kids Price Guide
The 1985 Garbage Pail Kids price guide: the first two series, #1a Nasty Nick through #83b, including the Glossy and Matte backs collectors fight over. The guide tracks 395 cards from this year and 6,299 recorded sales of them in the last 12 months. A typical PSA 8 sold for $60 and a typical PSA 10 for $512; raw cards sold for a median of $10. The most valuable 1985 card today is Adam Bomb #8A Glossy PSA 10 at $23,183.
1985 sets
| Set | Cards | Top value |
|---|---|---|
| Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 | 198 | $3,439 |
| Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 | 189 | $23,183 |
| Garbage Pail Kids Stickers | 9 | $238 |
| Topps Garbage Pail Kids Wax Pack | 7 | $601 |
Each set page lists every card and parallel with its value by grade and PSA population.
Most valuable 1985 cards
| # | Card | Grade | Value | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Bomb #8A Glossy | PSA 10 | $23,183 | $26,601 on 2026-07-16 |
| 2 | Nasty Nick #1A Glossy | PSA 10 | $21,364 | $22,323 on 2026-06-25 |
| 3 | Adam Bomb #8A Checklist-Glossy | PSA 10 | $19,126 | $19,126 on 2026-07-09 |
| 4 | Nasty Nick #1A | PSA 10 | $12,393 | $13,500 on 2026-06-26 |
| 5 | Adam Bomb #8A Checklist | PSA 10 | $12,187 | $13,000 on 2026-08-05 |
| 6 | Electric Bill #4B Glossy | PSA 10 | $9,617 | $9,617 on 2026-07-02 |
| 7 | Blasted Billy #8B Glossy | PSA 10 | $6,298 | $6,500 on 2026-07-16 |
| 8 | Bony Joanie #29A Checklist-Glossy | PSA 10 | $6,190 | $6,300 on 2026-08-14 |
| 9 | Dead Ted #5A Glossy | PSA 10 | $6,100 | $6,100 on 2026-07-16 |
| 10 | Evil Eddie #1B | PSA 10 | $5,057 | $5,200 on 2026-06-23 |
| 11 | Blasted Billy #8B Checklist-Glossy | PSA 10 | $4,889 | $4,383 on 2026-07-09 |
| 12 | Blasted Billy #8B | PSA 10 | $4,544 | $5,000 on 2026-08-28 |
| 13 | Wrinkly Randy #35A Glossy | PSA 10 | $4,050 | $4,050 on 2026-08-28 |
| 14 | Fryin Brian #4A Glossy | PSA 10 | $4,021 | $4,069 on 2026-07-02 |
| 15 | Junky Jeff #22A | PSA 10 | $4,007 | $4,444 on 2026-06-18 |
| 16 | Nasty Nick #1A Glossy | PSA 9 | $3,943 | $4,200 on 2026-08-01 |
| 17 | Dead Ted #5A Checklist-Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,822 | $4,451 on 2026-07-09 |
| 18 | Thin Lynn #29B Checklist-Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,718 | $4,150 on 2026-08-14 |
| 19 | Potty Scotty #14A Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,483 | $3,483 on 2026-07-23 |
| 20 | Schizo Fran #49B Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,439 | $3,200 on 2026-08-02 |
| 21 | Electric Bill #4B | PSA 10 | $3,354 | $3,500 on 2026-08-09 |
| 22 | Bony Joanie #29A Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,150 | $3,150 on 2026-08-21 |
| 23 | Junky Jeff #22A Glossy | PSA 10 | $3,050 | $3,050 on 2026-08-06 |
| 24 | Adam Bomb #8A Glossy | PSA 9 | $2,952 | $3,050 on 2026-09-29 |
| 25 | Junkfood John #2A Glossy | PSA 10 | $2,800 | $2,800 on 2026-07-02 |
Grading 1985 cards
1985 cards were printed on thin stock with loose centering, so the jump from PSA 8 to PSA 10 is where the money is: the typical 10 sold for $512 against $60 for an 8. Check centering and the back before you grade. Other years: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988; or read how much Garbage Pail Kids are worth overall.
Every figure on this page is read from recorded sales and PSA population data in the GPK Price Guide database and rebuilt daily (last build Oct 08, 2026). Values are whole dollars; sale prices are what the slab actually sold for.