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Joltin' Joe #41b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 5
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JOLTIN' JOE ACTIVEno PSA 5 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$15
120 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…
No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 6 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $14 → $40 → $30 → $35 → $35 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Census check: PSA has graded 497 of this card, and only 6.4% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
- Net-net, nobody has sold this card at this grade in the last 12 months, so the trail above is history, not today's market. We don't call a direction until it sells again.
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 itOnly about 1 in 16 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $146, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $15 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$54 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$15 (from 120 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Break-even: you need about a 0% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 6%).
Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 497 graded
PSA 10 value
$744
today · ~$744 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$185
today · ~$185 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 ~$74.
Grade odds (this card, 497 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 27%, 8 · 26%, 7 or lower · 40%. 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, 497 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 27%, 8 · 26%, 7 or lower · 40%. 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.
Joltin' Joe #41b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $744 | 16 | 32 |
| PSA 9 | $185 | 35 | 135 |
| PSA 8 | $107 | 43 | 128 |
| PSA 7.5 | $72 | 1 | 2 |
| PSA 7 | $72 | 25 | 76 |
| PSA 6 | $41 | 14 | 51 |
| PSA 5 | $36 | 6 | 31 |
| PSA 4.5 | $29 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 4 | $28 | 6 | 24 |
| PSA 3 | $27 est. | 0 | 7 |
| PSA 2 | $21 | 1 | 7 |
| PSA 1 | $20 est. | 0 | 1 |
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