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Dead Ted #5a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Glossy · PSA 8
Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded 3x more base copies
PSA has graded 649 of the base card and 213 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA pop53
All grades · value and PSA population
DEAD TED ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $160.12 all-in
🛒 3 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$19
4 raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 8
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…
No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 9 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- The recent trail reads $95 → $100 → $50 → $51 → $85 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Census check: PSA has graded 213 of this card, and only 6.1% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
- Net-net, nobody has sold this card at this grade in the last 12 months, so the trail above is history, not today's market. We don't call a direction until it sells again.
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 16 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $299, more than the $110 it costs to grade plus the $19 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$189 (after $110 all-in cost)
Raw value today$19 (from 4 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Grading pays even without a 10.
Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 213 graded
PSA 10 value
$2,972
today · ~$2,972 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$273
today · ~$273 by Feb 12, 2027
All-in cost
$110
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32 + likely upcharge $18
How these numbers work
All-in cost $110: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card (expected $78 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): ~$90 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$209.
Grade odds (this card, 213 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 26%, 8 · 25%, 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, 213 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 26%, 8 · 25%, 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 Glossy 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $2,972 | 2 | 13 |
| PSA 9 | $273 | 25 | 55 |
| PSA 8.5 | $109 | 1 | 1 |
| PSA 8 | $104 | 9 | 53 |
| PSA 7 | $59 | 5 | 26 |
| PSA 6.5 | $55 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $54 | 10 | 27 |
| PSA 5 | $44 | 6 | 20 |
| PSA 4 | $33 | 5 | 9 |
| PSA 3 | $31 | 1 | 4 |
| PSA 2 | $21 | 1 | 3 |
| PSA 1 | $20 est. | 0 | 1 |
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