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Damaged Don #40b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Glossy · PSA 10

Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded 2.6x more base copies
PSA has graded 489 of the base card and 190 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA pop17

PSA 10 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $510 lately, below the about $1,130 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually won back part of the drop within 3 months but still sold about 20% under their earlier price (576 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
17
Card # 40b⇄ 40AUnstitched Mitch
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($510, Sep 3) counts most; similar cards point higher ($773); 3 sales in 2026 near $1,034; and 1 older sale from 2025 near $400, about $503 after the set's rise since.
$713
PSA 10 · from 7 real sales · last sold Sep 3▲ +148%
🛒 1 listing on eBay now RAW
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$9
17 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 10
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
2026-09-03$510PSA 1025853708 ↗Auction
2026-08-06$1,034PSA 10113904340 ↗Auction
2026-04-26$1,225.20PSA 1022773041 ↗Auction
2025-06-01$400PSA 1022362350 ↗BestOffer
2021-06-12$747PSA 1022773041 ↗Auction
2020-10-20$310.89PSA 1025596189 ↗Auction
2019-11-05$236.50PSA 1022362350 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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  • 7 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $747 → $400 → $1,225 → $1,034 → $510 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +148% across the window ($311 → $772).
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($510 on 2026-09-03) landed 28% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 190 of this card, and only 8.9% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • 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 11 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $153, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $9 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$61 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$9 (from 17 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Break-even: you need about a 1% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 9%).

Chance of a PSA 10
9%
this card · 190 graded
PSA 10 value
$713
today · ~$713 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$174
today · ~$174 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 ~$81.
Grade odds (this card, 190 PSA-graded): 10 · 9%, 9 · 26%, 8 · 32%, 7 or lower · 33%. 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.

Damaged Don #40b Glossy 1985 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$713717
PSA 9$1741350
PSA 8$971061
PSA 7$49525
PSA 6$32220
PSA 5$2719
PSA 4.5$19 est.01
PSA 4$18 est.06
PSA 3.5$13 est.01

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