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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 Glossy #5a Dead Ted front
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Price history · PSA 2
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
3
Card # 5a
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.
$22
PSA 2 · this grade
Confidence
★★☆☆☆
1 comp sales
See Active PSA 2 See Sold PSA 2 View on PSA
Value range RECENT SALES
$12.19 $22.00 $37.55
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$22
2026-07-19 · PSA 2
Avg Sale (30d)
$22
across 1 sales
Volume (30d)
1 sale
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
95
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 4 for this card
Glossy
$22
pop 3 @ PSA 2
Glossy pop 217
PSA 10 $1,452 pop 13
PSA 9 $212 pop 55
PSA 8.5 EST. pop —
PSA 8 $122 pop 50
PSA 7 $42 pop 26
PSA 6 $31 pop 26
PSA 5 $54 pop 19
PSA 4 $37 pop 9
PSA 3 $26 pop 4
PSA 2 $22 pop 3
PSA 1 $19 EST. pop —
Base
$12
pop 3 @ PSA 2
Base pop 662
PSA 10 $929 pop 36
PSA 9 $300 pop 175
PSA 8.5 $88 pop —
PSA 8 $98 pop 187
PSA 7 $49 pop 90
PSA 6.5 $33 EST. pop —
PSA 6 $53 pop 75
PSA 5 $37 pop 31
PSA 4 $33 pop 19
PSA 3 $50 pop 13
PSA 2 $12 pop 3
PSA 1 $5 EST. pop —
Checklist
$17
pop 5 @ PSA 2
Checklist pop 527
PSA 10 $1,856 pop 20
PSA 9 $220 pop 106
PSA 8 $100 pop 157
PSA 7 $58 pop 79
PSA 6 $40 pop 73
PSA 5 $28 pop 36
PSA 4 $11 pop 11
PSA 3 $20 pop 6
PSA 2 $17 pop 5
PSA 1 $15 EST. pop —
Checklist-Glossy
$23 EST.
pop — @ PSA 2
Checklist-Glossy pop 217
PSA 10 $4,451 pop 9
PSA 9 $291 pop 41
PSA 8.5 EST. pop —
PSA 8 $120 pop 68
PSA 7 $44 pop 24
PSA 6 $27 pop 22
PSA 5 $15 pop 17
PSA 4 $15 EST. pop —
PSA 3 $26 pop 6
PSA 2 $23 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $21 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 $22 on 2026-07-19.
  • 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 5% 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 ~$172 before the $79 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$93 after, vs a raw copy around $11 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $1,452 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
5%
this card · 192 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,452
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$79
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$93
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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