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Brainy Janie #27a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 6

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PSA pop48

PSA 6 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

⤵ Sell · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months, $40, was far above the about $25 it sold for in the nine months before. After a jump like this the next sales usually came in lower than the jump sale, though well above the old price (1,655 cards since 2019). The set is rising, but this card has already jumped well ahead of it.
PSA pop · this parallel
48
Card # 27a⇄ 27BJenny Genius
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($40, Oct 30) counts most; 1 older sale from 2024 near $20, about $35 after the set's rise since; and 6 sales in the last year near $32.
$37
PSA 6 · from 13 real sales · last sold Oct 30▲ +15%
PSA 10 comp $1,211
no PSA 6 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$12
167 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 6
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
2026-10-30$40PSA 641737536 ↗BestOffer
2026-08-02$39.95PSA 674072141 ↗FixedPrice
2026-03-30$25PSA 6119671562 ↗BestOffer
2026-02-05$25PSA 692705429 ↗BestOffer
2026-01-09$25PSA 686322513 ↗BestOffer
2025-12-26$75PSA 681542949 ↗FixedPrice
2024-09-05$19.99PSA 656558225 ↗Auction
2023-09-20$23.50PSA 672866644 ↗Auction
2023-06-17$20.01PSA 673132141 ↗Auction
2022-09-28$26PSA 659666789 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 13 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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  • 13 recorded sales · 6 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $25 → $25 → $25 → $40 → $40 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +15% across the window ($22 → $25).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 419 of this card, and only 4.5% come back a 10 — a genuine condition rarity.
  • 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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Only 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.

Brainy Janie #27a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$1,2111319
PSA 9$18440102
PSA 9 (ST)$1002—
PSA 9 (OC)$1392—
PSA 8.5$90 est.02
PSA 8$8650138
PSA 7$471455
PSA 6.5$39 est.01
PSA 6$371348
PSA 5$29437
PSA 4$20211
PSA 3$19 est.03
PSA 2$18 est.02
PSA 1$17 est.01

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