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Dead Ted #5a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Checklist · PSA 7
Checklist
ScarcityPSA has graded about as many base copies
PSA has graded 649 of the base card and 512 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA pop83
PSA pop · this parallel
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All grades · value and PSA population
DEAD TED ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $76.98 all-in
🛒 3 listings on eBay now PSA 7 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$16
79 raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 7
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…
Trending Up
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 28 recorded sales · 4 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $44 → $50 → $52 → $75 → $45 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +64% across the window ($27 → $45).
- Census check: PSA has graded 512 of this card, and only 3.9% 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.
Dead Ted — across every card
Subject page →Every Dead Ted card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly about 1 in 26 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $151, more than the $97 it costs to grade plus the $16 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$54 (after $97 all-in cost)
Raw value today$16 (from 79 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Break-even: you need about a 1% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 4%).
Chance of a PSA 10
4%
this card · 512 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,530
today · ~$1,530 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$213
today · ~$213 by Feb 12, 2027
All-in cost
$97
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32 + likely upcharge $5
How these numbers work
All-in cost $97: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card (expected $65 with PSA's upcharge if it comes back worth more than the tier allows), 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): ~$77 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$74.
Grade odds (this card, 512 PSA-graded): 10 · 4%, 9 · 21%, 8 · 32%, 7 or lower · 43%. 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, 512 PSA-graded): 10 · 4%, 9 · 21%, 8 · 32%, 7 or lower · 43%. 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.
Dead Ted #5a Checklist 1985 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $1,530 | 15 | 20 |
| PSA 9 | $213 | 48 | 109 |
| PSA 8 | $84 | 56 | 164 |
| PSA 7 | $53 | 28 | 83 |
| PSA 6 | $43 | 23 | 75 |
| PSA 5 | $35 | 4 | 36 |
| PSA 4 | $26 | 2 | 12 |
| PSA 3.5 | $25 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 3 | $25 | 1 | 6 |
| PSA 3 (MK) | $21 est. | 0 | — |
| PSA 2 | $17 | 5 | 5 |
| PSA 1 | $16 est. | 0 | 1 |
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