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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 #38A Slimy Sam front
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Price history · PSA 7.5
Never sold — estimate
PSA pop · this parallel
Card # 38A
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
$34
PSA 7.5 · estimate — never sold
Confidence
★☆☆☆☆
0 comp sales
See Active PSA 7.5 See Sold PSA 7.5 View on PSA
Estimated range FROM OTHER GRADES
$12.12 ≈$33.73 $107.83
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
Avg Sale (30d)
across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 2 for this card
Base
$34 EST.
pop — @ PSA 7.5
Base pop 515
PSA 10 $269 pop 43
PSA 9 $107 pop 170
PSA 8.5 $38 pop —
PSA 8 $65 pop 114
PSA 7.5 $34 EST. pop —
PSA 7 $27 pop 62
PSA 6.5 $16 pop —
PSA 6 $25 pop 46
PSA 5 $26 pop 26
PSA 4 $18 pop 25
PSA 3 $12 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $8 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $6 EST. pop —
Glossy
$716
pop 28 @ PSA 7.5
Glossy
PSA 10 $716 pop 28
PSA 9 $129 pop 63
PSA 8.5 $75 EST. pop 1
PSA 8 $75 pop 54
PSA 7 $58 pop 24
PSA 6 $41 pop 11
PSA 5 $26 pop 12
PSA 4 $17 pop 7
PSA 3 $12 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $8 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $6 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Thin To Call
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale.
  • With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a direction — one auction would swing the whole read.

Automated analysis generated from this card’s real recorded sales and PSA population data — no opinions, no predictions guaranteed. Entertainment and research only, not financial advice.

🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 9% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected value ~$84 before the $29 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$55 after, vs a raw copy around $9 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $269 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
9%
this card · 495 graded
PSA 10 value
$269
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$29
PSA Value Plus tier
Expected after grade
$54
vs raw ~$9 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

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