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Cranky Frankie #18a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5

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PSA 5 · 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
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Card # 18a⇄ 18BBad Brad
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: similar cards point to about the same ($23); 2 sales in the last year near $22; and 4 older sales from 2024-2025 near $20, about $26 after the set's rise since.
$24
PSA 5 · from 8 real sales · last sold Aug 9
PSA 10 comp $306
🟢 lowest on eBay: $64.45 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 5 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$14
134 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 5
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
2026-08-09$26.60PSA 5127962651 ↗
2025-11-20$16.61PSA 5120748713 ↗Auction
2025-08-16$14.54PSA 595929196 ↗Auction
2025-07-18$24.99PSA 570602838 ↗BestOffer
2024-10-13$26PSA 594883539 ↗Auction
2024-08-29$9.50PSA 545045015 ↗Auction
2023-03-26$13.50PSA 518644188 ↗Auction
2023-01-06$31.87PSA 568534910 ↗

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
  • 8 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $26 → $25 → $15 → $17 → $27 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 708 of this card, and only 24.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • Net-net, it's holding its ground — steady demand, no fireworks either way.

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 $127, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $14 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$35 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$14 (from 134 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Break-even: you need about a 15% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 24%).

Chance of a PSA 10
24%
this card · 708 graded
PSA 10 value
$306
today · ~$306 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$92
today · ~$92 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 ~$55.
Grade odds (this card, 708 PSA-graded): 10 · 24%, 9 · 37%, 8 · 18%, 7 or lower · 21%. 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 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$30687172
PSA 9$92118259
PSA 8.5$68 est.02
PSA 8$6636125
PSA 7.5$51 est.01
PSA 7$491655
PSA 6.5$39 est.01
PSA 6$34538
PSA 5$24826
PSA 4$20420
PSA 3$19 est.07
PSA 2$18 est.02

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