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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 #4a Fryin' Brian front
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Price history · PSA 10
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
26
Card # 4a
GPK Price Guide Value iGPK Price Guide Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
$3,292
PSA 10 · highest-graded comp
not currently listed on eBay
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$23
based on 70 raw sales view raw sales →
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last sold
$3,795
2025-09-19 · PSA 10
Avg Sale (30d)
across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
132
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 11 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $1,000 → $6,800 → $1,375 → $1,951 → $3,795 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +332% across the window ($385 → $1,663).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 560 of this card, and only 4.6% come back a 10 — a genuine condition rarity.
  • 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.

Fryin' Brian — across every card

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Every Fryin' Brian card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.

🧬 Should I slab it?

SAVE YOUR MONEY

Only a 0% gem rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected ~$74 before the $149 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$-75 after - near or below a raw copy ($21 (est.)). Not worth grading unless you are confident it is a 10.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
0%
this card · 29 graded
PSA 10 value
$3,292
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$149
PSA Express tier
Expected after grade
$-75
vs raw ~$21 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

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