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Corroded Carl #19a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5

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PSA pop40

PSA 5 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $21 lately, below the about $27 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually sold back near their earlier price within 3 months (502 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 19a⇄ 19BCrater Chris
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: 3 sales in 2026 near $25; 2 older sales from 2024 near $13, about $23 after the set's rise since; and similar cards point lower ($22).
$24
PSA 5 · from 8 real sales · last sold Oct 14▶ steady
PSA 10 comp $726
🟢 lowest on eBay: $34 all-in
🛒 2 listings on eBay now PSA 5 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$12
137 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
2026-10-14$21.49PSA 572472184 ↗FixedPrice
2026-08-09$25PSA 561257900 ↗BestOffer
2026-02-11$29.95PSA 5126172427 ↗FixedPrice
2024-10-23$12.31PSA 521846887 ↗Auction
2024-06-10$13.72PSA 591613337 ↗Auction
2023-10-24$26.51PSA 572866628 ↗Auction
2021-01-30$39.94PSA 521846887 ↗BestOffer
2020-05-09$15PSA 545045017 ↗FixedPrice

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 8 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $14 → $12 → $30 → $25 → $21 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 553 of this card, and only 5.6% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • 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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🧬 Should I slab it?

Only if you're confident it's a 10

Only about 1 in 18 copies of this card get a 10. A 10 is worth $726, but after the $92 cost it barely beats the $12 raw copy.

Expected value if graded$15 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$12 (from 137 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10

Break-even: you need about a 5% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 6%).

Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 553 graded
PSA 10 value
$726
today · ~$726 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$120
today · ~$120 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 ~$35.
Grade odds (this card, 553 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 30%, 8 · 28%, 7 or lower · 37%. 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.

Corroded Carl #19a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$7262231
PSA 9$12059164
PSA 9 (ST)$89 est.0—
PSA 8.5$6712
PSA 8$6759154
PSA 7.5$5212
PSA 7$412281
PSA 6$32852
PSA 5$24840
PSA 4$16215
PSA 3$15 est.04
PSA 2$14 est.03
PSA 1$13 est.02

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