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Brainy Janie #27a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5
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All grades · value and PSA population
10
$1,211
Pop 19 · 13 sales
9
$184
Pop 102 · 40 sales
9 (OC)
$139
Pop — · 2 sales
9 (ST)
$100
Pop — · 2 sales
8.5
$90 EST.
Pop 2
8
$86
Pop 138 · 50 sales
8 (ST)
$84 EST.
Pop — · 2 sales
7.5
$39 EST.
Pop —
7
$47
Pop 55 · 14 sales
7 (ST)
—
Pop — · 2 sales
6.5
$39 EST.
Pop 1
6
$37
Pop 48 · 13 sales
5
$29
Pop 37 · 4 sales
4
$20
Pop 11 · 2 sales
3
$19 EST.
Pop 3
2
$18 EST.
Pop 2
1
$17 EST.
Pop 1
BRAINY JANIE ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $38.98 all-in
🛒 2 listings on eBay now PSA 5 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$12
167 raw sales used for this value
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 4 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $8 → $22 → $20 → $14 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($14 on 2024-10-07) landed 53% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 419 of this card, and only 4.5% come back a 10 — a genuine condition rarity.
- Net-net, nobody has sold this card at this grade in the last 12 months, so the trail above is history, not today's market. We don't call a direction until it sells again.
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.
Brainy Janie — across every card
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly about 1 in 22 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $142, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $12 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$50 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$12 (from 167 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Break-even: you need about a 1% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 5%).
Chance of a PSA 10
5%
this card · 419 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,211
today · ~$1,211 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$184
today · ~$184 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 ~$70.
Grade odds (this card, 419 PSA-graded): 10 · 5%, 9 · 24%, 8 · 33%, 7 or lower · 38%. 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.
Grade odds (this card, 419 PSA-graded): 10 · 5%, 9 · 24%, 8 · 33%, 7 or lower · 38%. 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.
Brainy Janie #27a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $1,211 | 13 | 19 |
| PSA 9 | $184 | 40 | 102 |
| PSA 9 (ST) | $100 | 2 | — |
| PSA 9 (OC) | $139 | 2 | — |
| PSA 8.5 | $90 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 8 | $86 | 50 | 138 |
| PSA 7 | $47 | 14 | 55 |
| PSA 6.5 | $39 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $37 | 13 | 48 |
| PSA 5 | $29 | 4 | 37 |
| PSA 4 | $20 | 2 | 11 |
| PSA 3 | $19 est. | 0 | 3 |
| PSA 2 | $18 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 1 | $17 est. | 0 | 1 |
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