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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 Glossy #53b Live Mike front
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Price history · PSA 5
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
14
Card # 53b
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
★★☆☆☆
1 comp sales
See Active PSA 5 See Sold PSA 5 View on PSA
Estimated range OLDER SALES, ADJUSTED
$11.48 ≈$20.44 $78.03
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$15.75
2025-01-12 · PSA 5
Avg Sale (30d)
across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
151
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
PSA 10 $640 pop 40
PSA 9 $123 pop 113
PSA 8 $52 pop 86
PSA 7 $15 pop 26
PSA 6 $40 pop 17
PSA 5 $20 pop 14
PSA 4 $25 pop 11
PSA 3 $22 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $20 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $18 EST. pop —
Base
$41
pop 10 @ PSA 5
Base pop 136
PSA 10 $438 pop 16
PSA 9 $83 pop 52
PSA 8 $41 pop 29
PSA 7 $40 pop 14
PSA 6 $57 pop 8
PSA 5 $41 pop 10
PSA 4 EST. pop 3
PSA 3 $1 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $1 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $1 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Thin To Call
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $16 on 2025-01-12.
  • 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 13% 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 ~$147 before the $49 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$98 after, vs a raw copy around $14 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $640 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
13%
this card · 315 graded
PSA 10 value
$640
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$49
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$98
vs raw ~$14 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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