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Kim Kong #34a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5

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PSA 5 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

⤵ Sell · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months, $30, was far above the about $15 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
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Card # 34a⇄ 34BAnna Banana
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: 2 sales in 2026 near $22; 2 older sales from 2024 near $6.75, about $12 after the set's rise since; and similar cards point lower ($20).
$22
PSA 5 · from 5 real sales · last sold Oct 4
PSA 10 comp $640
no PSA 5 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$12
141 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
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.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-10-04$30PSA 567667522 ↗BestOffer
2026-04-02$14.99PSA 595929224 ↗FixedPrice
2024-11-14$4.99PSA 558765711 ↗Auction
2024-06-11$8.50PSA 591613290 ↗Auction
2023-01-06$26PSA 568534974 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 5 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $26 → $8 → $5 → $15 → $30 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($30 on 2026-10-04) landed 36% above our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 493 of this card, and only 9.3% 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?

Grade it

Only about 1 in 11 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $120, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $12 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$28 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$12 (from 141 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Break-even: you need about a 6% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 9%).

Chance of a PSA 10
9%
this card · 500 graded
PSA 10 value
$640
today · ~$640 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$95
today · ~$95 by Feb 13, 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 ~$48.
Grade odds (this card, 500 PSA-graded): 10 · 9%, 9 · 33%, 8 · 30%, 7 or lower · 29%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Feb 13, 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.

Kim Kong #34a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$6401746
PSA 9$9571163
PSA 9 (MC)$552—
PSA 9 (ST)$991—
PSA 9 (OC)$798—
PSA 8.5$70 est.03
PSA 8$6841145
PSA 8 (ST)$292—
PSA 7.5$47 est.01
PSA 7$461151
PSA 6$341143
PSA 5$22527
PSA 4$19215
PSA 3$1713
PSA 2$16 est.03

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