Swell Mel #20a

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PSA pop178

PSA 8 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

— Holdnext 3 months: cards here were a coin flip, typically about flat
PSA pop · this parallel
178
Card # 20a⇄ 20BDressy Jesse
GPK Price Guide Value iGPK Price Guide 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.
$56
PSA 8 · this grade▶ steady
Highest graded sale with a real comp PSA 9 · $101
🟢 lowest on eBay: $63.00 all-in
🛒 4 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$12
105 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.
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🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • 63 recorded sales · 14 in the last year · trades every few months · high-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $50 → $45 → $70 → $69 → $40 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($40 on 2026-09-14) landed 29% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 514 of this card, and only 5.1% 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?

SLAB IT

About a 5% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected value ~$108 before the $80 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$28 after, vs a raw copy around $12 from 105 raw sales. Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $966 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
5%
this card · 508 graded
PSA 10 value
$966
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$80
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$28
vs raw $12 from 105 raw sales

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population (this card) as a proxy for 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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