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Junkfood John #2a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5
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PSA pop · this parallel
31
Card #
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All grades · value and PSA population
10
$1,096
Pop 33 · 23 sales
9
$178
Pop 128 · 41 sales
8
$75
Pop 144 · 47 sales
7.5
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Pop —
7
$55
Pop 82 · 24 sales
6.5
$44 EST.
Pop 1
6
$43
Pop 56 · 13 sales
5.5
$33 EST.
Pop 1
5
$26
Pop 31 · 9 sales
4.5
$25 EST.
Pop 1
4
$25
Pop 31 · 5 sales
3
$24 EST.
Pop 6
2
$23 EST.
Pop 2
1.5
$22 EST.
Pop 1
1
$21 EST.
Pop 2
JUNKFOOD JOHN ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $76.94 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 5 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$14
152 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…
Cooling Off
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 9 recorded sales · 5 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $20 → $21 → $30 → $51 → $20 — ran up to a peak of $51, then cooled back off.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($20 on 2026-09-17) landed 23% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 519 of this card, and only 6.4% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
- Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.
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.
Junkfood John — across every card
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly about 1 in 16 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $151, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $14 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$59 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$14 (from 152 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Break-even: you need about a 2% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 6%).
Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 519 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,096
today · ~$1,096 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$178
today · ~$178 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 ~$79.
Grade odds (this card, 519 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 25%, 8 · 28%, 7 or lower · 41%. 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, 519 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 25%, 8 · 28%, 7 or lower · 41%. 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.
Junkfood John #2a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $1,096 | 23 | 33 |
| PSA 9 | $178 | 41 | 128 |
| PSA 8 | $75 | 47 | 144 |
| PSA 7 | $55 | 24 | 82 |
| PSA 6.5 | $44 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $43 | 13 | 56 |
| PSA 5.5 | $33 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 5 | $26 | 9 | 31 |
| PSA 4.5 | $25 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 4 | $25 | 5 | 31 |
| PSA 3 | $24 est. | 0 | 6 |
| PSA 2 | $23 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 1.5 | $22 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 1 | $21 est. | 0 | 2 |
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