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Cranky Frankie #18a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Glossy · PSA 8

Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded 3x more base copies
PSA has graded 708 of the base card and 205 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA pop53

PSA 8 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsNo sale in the last 3 months, so there is no fresh price to read; it stays a hold until it sells again.
PSA pop · this parallel
53
Card # 18a⇄ 18BBad Brad
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: similar cards point to about the same ($86); 1 sale in 2026 near $72; and 5 older sales from 2024-2025 near $60, about $77 after the set's rise since.
$86
PSA 8 · from 12 real sales · last sold Jul 8
PSA 10 comp $476
🟢 lowest on eBay: $90.99 all-in
🛒 3 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$15
21 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 8
On-the-record sales go back as far as PSA reports them — late 2017 for GPK — plus eBay-tracked and raw sales as they land.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-07-08$72.22PSA 841040388 ↗Auction
2025-07-30$55PSA 841040388 ↗BestOffer
2025-07-03$60PSA 866701910 ↗BestOffer
2025-05-05$51PSA 8104636389 ↗Auction
2025-01-19$59.99PSA 844434035 ↗BestOffer
2024-08-16$75PSA 866701910 ↗Auction
2022-06-01$157.50PSA 864127007 ↗Auction
2021-03-07$54.08PSA 823247826 ↗Auction
2021-02-25$39.06PSA 845376755 ↗BestOffer
2020-06-28$16.50PSA 844434035 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 12 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 12 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $60 → $51 → $60 → $55 → $72 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 205 of this card, and only 23.4% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • None

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.

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Only about 1 in 4 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $198, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $15 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$106 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$15 (from 21 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Grading pays even without a 10.

Chance of a PSA 10
23%
this card · 205 graded
PSA 10 value
$476
today · ~$476 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$173
today · ~$173 by Feb 12, 2027
All-in cost
$92
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32
How these numbers work
All-in cost $92: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card, insured shipping to PSA ~$12, PSA insured return shipping ~$20. Sending it to your PSA Vault instead skips return shipping (vault intake and storage are free): ~$72 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$126.
Grade odds (this card, 205 PSA-graded): 10 · 23%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 26%, 7 or lower · 17%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Feb 12, 2027): today's values (the set has no clear 3-month trend).
Expected value if graded = each grade's chance × its value, minus the all-in cost. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and corners on your copy decide the grade.

Cranky Frankie #18a Glossy 1985 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$4761748
PSA 9$1732170
PSA 8$861253
PSA 7$58310
PSA 6.5$2911
PSA 6$2915
PSA 5$22113
PSA 4.5$19 est.01
PSA 4$18 est.03
PSA 3$1611

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