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Cranky Frankie #18a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 8
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CRANKY FRANKIE ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $80.14 all-in
🛒 6 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
🟣 1 live on Arena Club now
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RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$14
134 raw sales used for this value
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Trending Up
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- 36 recorded sales · 11 in the last year · trades every few months · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $116 → $70 → $56 → $58 → $70 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +15% across the window ($52 → $65).
- Census check: PSA has graded 708 of this card, and only 24.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
- Net-net, the momentum points up — real buyers are paying more, more often. Not a promise, just what the garbage is telling us.
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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🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly 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 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$92
today · ~$92 by Feb 13, 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 13, 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.
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 13, 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
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $306 | 87 | 172 |
| PSA 9 | $92 | 118 | 259 |
| PSA 8.5 | $68 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 8 | $66 | 36 | 125 |
| PSA 7.5 | $51 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 7 | $49 | 16 | 55 |
| PSA 6.5 | $39 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $34 | 5 | 38 |
| PSA 5 | $24 | 8 | 26 |
| PSA 4 | $20 | 4 | 20 |
| PSA 3 | $19 est. | 0 | 7 |
| PSA 2 | $18 est. | 0 | 2 |
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