This card30d 90d 1y All-time
Slimy Sam #38a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Glossy · PSA 5
Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded 2.5x more base copies
PSA has graded 503 of the base card and 202 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA pop12
PSA pop · this parallel
12
Card #
⇄ 38BLizard Liz
All grades · value and PSA population
SLIMY SAM ACTIVEno PSA 5 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$16
28 raw sales used for this value
view raw sales →
Front
Back
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…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $22 on 2026-02-01.
- With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a direction — one auction would swing the whole read.
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.
Slimy Sam — across every card
Subject page →Every Slimy Sam card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly about 1 in 7 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $171, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $16 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$79 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$16 (from 28 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Grading pays even without a 10.
Chance of a PSA 10
14%
this card · 202 graded
PSA 10 value
$520
today · ~$520 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$192
today · ~$192 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 ~$99.
Grade odds (this card, 202 PSA-graded): 10 · 14%, 9 · 31%, 8 · 27%, 7 or lower · 28%. 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.
Grade odds (this card, 202 PSA-graded): 10 · 14%, 9 · 31%, 8 · 27%, 7 or lower · 28%. 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.
Slimy Sam #38a Glossy 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $520 | 16 | 28 |
| PSA 9 | $192 | 28 | 63 |
| PSA 8 | $100 | 9 | 55 |
| PSA 8 (ST) | $81 est. | 0 | — |
| PSA 7 | $56 | 2 | 24 |
| PSA 6.5 | $41 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $39 | 3 | 11 |
| PSA 5 | $30 | 1 | 12 |
| PSA 4 | $24 | 2 | 7 |
| PSA 3 | $23 est. | 0 | 1 |
Every grade of this card on one page. Est. = no sale at that grade yet. Tap a grade above to switch the whole page to it.
