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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 #15a Ailin' Al front
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Price history · PSA 6
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
52
Card # 15a
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.
$21
PSA 6 · this grade
Confidence
★★★★★
37 comp sales
See Active PSA 6 See Sold PSA 6 View on PSA
Value range RECENT SALES
$12.87 $20.97 $32.75
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$17.50
2026-07-22 · PSA 6
Avg Sale (30d)
$19
across 2 sales
Volume (30d)
2 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
270
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
-47.9%
vs 3 mo
-27.9%
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 2 for this card
Base
$21
pop 52 @ PSA 6
Base pop 474
PSA 10 $436 pop 39
PSA 9 $132 pop 125
PSA 8.5 $53 pop —
PSA 8 $71 pop 132
PSA 7 $50 pop 56
PSA 6.5 $30 EST. pop —
PSA 6 $21 pop 52
PSA 5.5 $18 pop —
PSA 5 $38 pop 33
PSA 4 $18 pop 17
PSA 3 $9 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $4 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $2 EST. pop —
Glossy
$54
pop 20 @ PSA 6
Glossy pop 226
PSA 10 $760 pop 17
PSA 9 $138 pop 62
PSA 8 $65 pop 62
PSA 7 $43 pop 33
PSA 6 $54 pop 20
PSA 5 $30 pop 13
PSA 4 $16 pop 7
PSA 3 $9 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $5 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $3 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 37 recorded sales · 13 in the last year · trades every few months · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $30 → $26 → $36 → $20 → $18 — ran up to a peak of $36, then cooled back off.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 457 of this card, and only 8.5% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.

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 8% gem (PSA 10) rate on this set's PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected value ~$105 before the $29 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$76 after, vs a raw copy around $7 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $436 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
8%
this set · 1,787,470 graded
PSA 10 value
$436
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$29
PSA Value Plus tier
Expected after grade
$76
vs raw ~$7 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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