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Jay Decay #5b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · Checklist-Glossy · PSA 8.5

Checklist-Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded 2.9x more base copies
PSA has graded 647 of the base card and 226 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA 8.5 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
3
Card # 5b⇄ 5ADead Ted
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: kept in grade order with its other grades (level with them at $162; $126 before that); and 1 older sale from 2024 near $76, about $130 after the set's rise since.
$162
PSA 8.5 · estimate from older sales · last sold Jun 30, 2024
PSA 10 comp $1,399
no PSA 8.5 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$9
3 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 8.5
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.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2024-06-30$76PSA 8.544565266 ↗Auction
2020-07-17$94.99PSA 8.543863004 ↗BestOffer
2020-02-27$36PSA 8.544565266 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
  • 3 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $36 → $95 → $76 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($76 on 2024-06-30) landed 53% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 226 of this card, and only 5.8% 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.

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🧬 Should I slab it?

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Only about 1 in 17 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $220, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $9 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$128 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$9 (from 3 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Grading pays even without a 10.

Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 226 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,399
today · ~$1,399 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$314
today · ~$314 by Feb 12, 2027
All-in cost
$92
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32
How these numbers work
All-in cost $92: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card, 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): ~$72 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$148.
Grade odds (this card, 226 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 22%, 8 · 31%, 7 or lower · 41%. 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.

Jay Decay #5b Checklist-Glossy Garbage Pail Kids value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$1,399313
PSA 9$3141350
PSA 8.5$16233
PSA 8$1622468
PSA 7.5$5411
PSA 7$541635
PSA 6$44429
PSA 5$43 est.016
PSA 4$3328
PSA 3$32 est.02
PSA 2$31 est.01

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