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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 #25a Creepy Carol front
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Price history · PSA 5
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
27
Card # 25a
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis 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.
$40
PSA 5 · this grade
Confidence
★★★☆☆
5 comp sales
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Estimated range OLDER SALES, ADJUSTED
$18.53 ≈$40.30 $111.12
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$27.99
2025-08-27 · PSA 5
Avg Sale (30d)
across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
119
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 2 for this card
Base
$40
pop 27 @ PSA 5
Base pop 492
PSA 10 $798 pop 32
PSA 9.5 EST. pop —
PSA 9 $69 pop 122
PSA 9oc $33 pop —
PSA 8.5 $43 EST. pop —
PSA 8 $42 pop 138
PSA 7.5 $20 EST. pop —
PSA 7 $68 pop 76
PSA 6 $28 pop 63
PSA 5 $40 pop 27
PSA 4 $24 pop 6
PSA 3 $23 EST. pop —
PSA 2.5 $18 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $22 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $21 EST. pop —
PSA cgc8 EST. pop —
Glossy
$27
pop 14 @ PSA 5
Glossy
PSA 10 $534 pop 15
PSA 9 $134 pop 50
PSA 8.5 $48 EST. pop 2
PSA 8 $49 pop 53
PSA 7.5 $27 EST. pop 1
PSA 7 $26 pop 26
PSA 6 $30 pop 22
PSA 5 $27 pop 14
PSA 4 $18 pop 4
PSA 3 $18 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $18 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $25 pop 1

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 5 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $20 → $20 → $35 → $12 → $28 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +38% across the window ($20 → $28).
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($28 on 2025-08-27) landed 31% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 471 of this card, and only 6.8% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • 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.

🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 7% 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 ~$102 before the $49 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$53 after, vs a raw copy around $10 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $798 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
7%
this card · 471 graded
PSA 10 value
$798
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$49
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$53
vs raw ~$10 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s 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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