1988 Garbage Pail Kids Price Guide
The 1988 Garbage Pail Kids price guide: Series 12 through 15, #460 to #620, the last of the original 1980s run and the scarcest in high grade. The guide tracks 489 cards from this year and 922 recorded sales of them in the last 12 months. A typical PSA 8 sold for $13 and a typical PSA 10 for $41; raw cards sold for a median of $3. The most valuable 1988 card today is Ham Actor #607B Die-Cut PSA 10 at $308.
1988 sets
Each set page lists every card and parallel with its value by grade and PSA population.
Most valuable 1988 cards
| # | Card | Grade | Value | Last sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Actor #607B Die-Cut | PSA 10 | $308 | $300 on 2026-05-31 |
| 2 | Claude Flesh #617A | PSA 10 | $268 | $299 on 2026-07-18 |
| 3 | Preston Change-O #615A | PSA 10 | $191 | $200 on 2026-10-03 |
| 4 | Shel Game #581A Checklist | PSA 10 | $178 | $250 on 2026-05-23 |
| 5 | Sandi Box #604A Die-Cut | PSA 10 | $132 | $140 on 2026-09-26 |
| 6 | Footloose Fred #593A | PSA 10 | $132 | $140 on 2026-08-15 |
| 7 | Slasher Asher #617B | PSA 10 | $122 | $100 on 2026-06-24 |
| 8 | Ada Bomb #620A | PSA 10 | $107 | $100 on 2026-08-23 |
| 9 | Intensive Carrie #595B | PSA 10 | $104 | $89 on 2026-05-16 |
| 10 | Yo! Gert #588A Die-Cut | PSA 10 | $100 | $100 on 2026-09-26 |
| 11 | Lyle Tile #583A Die-Cut-Completed Puzzle Back | PSA 10 | $100 | $100 on 2026-09-19 |
| 12 | A-Bomb Tom #567B | PSA 10 | $99 | $100 on 2026-05-23 |
| 13 | Crawlin Rollin #584B Die-Cut-Puzzle Piece Back | PSA 10 | $98 | $100 on 2026-06-15 |
| 14 | 3-Card Monte #581B Die Cut Libra Scorpio Back | PSA 10 | $94 | $120 on 2026-05-08 |
| 15 | Mal Practice #595A | PSA 10 | $94 | $100 on 2026-07-22 |
| 16 | Gulpin Gabe #479A | PSA 10 | $93 | $100 on 2026-09-15 |
| 17 | Fairy Mary #608A | PSA 10 | $93 | $90 on 2026-09-18 |
| 18 | 3-Card Monte #581B Checklist | PSA 10 | $90 | $120 on 2026-05-11 |
| 19 | Great Scott #613B | PSA 10 | $87 | $90 on 2026-09-06 |
| 20 | Bloody Murray #522A | PSA 10 | $86 | $80 on 2026-04-16 |
| 21 | Claude Flesh #617A Die-Cut | PSA 8 | $85 | $90 on 2026-10-05 |
| 22 | Blasted Betty #620B | PSA 10 | $85 | $89 on 2026-08-09 |
| 23 | Vendo-Matt #600A | PSA 10 | $82 | $80 on 2026-09-18 |
| 24 | Cory On The Cob #492A | PSA 10 | $80 | $80 on 2026-07-26 |
| 25 | Stormy Skye #531A | PSA 10 | $78 | $80 on 2026-09-01 |
Grading 1988 cards
1988 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 $41 against $13 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.