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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 Glossy #53a Jolted Joel front
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Price history · PSA 5
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
14
Card # 53a
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis 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.
$20
PSA 5 · this grade
Confidence
★★☆☆☆
2 comp sales
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Value range RECENT SALES
$10.68 $20.00 $36.59
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$20
2026-07-14 · PSA 5
Avg Sale (30d)
$20
across 1 sales
Volume (30d)
1 sale
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
123
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 2 for this card
Glossy
$20
pop 14 @ PSA 5
Glossy pop 342
PSA 10 $383 pop 41
PSA 9 $87 pop 114
PSA 8.5 $14 pop —
PSA 8 $46 pop 78
PSA 7.5 $24 EST. pop —
PSA 7 $32 pop 30
PSA 6 $31 pop 31
PSA 5 $20 pop 14
PSA 4 $13 EST. pop —
PSA 3 $8 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $5 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $3 EST. pop —
Base
$11
pop 19 @ PSA 5
Base pop 141
PSA 10 $118 EST. pop —
PSA 9 $64 pop 42
PSA 8 $35 pop 31
PSA 7 $19 pop 11
PSA 6 $11 pop 12
PSA 5 $11 pop 19
PSA 4 $10 EST. pop —
PSA 3 $9 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $8 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $7 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Thin To Call
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • Only 2 recorded sales on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $20 on 2026-07-14.
  • 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.

🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 12% gem (PSA 10) 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 value ~$96 before the $29 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$67 after, vs a raw copy around $11 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $383 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
12%
this card · 330 graded
PSA 10 value
$383
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$29
PSA Value Plus tier
Expected after grade
$67
vs raw ~$11 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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