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Jay Decay #5b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 · PSA 4

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PSA pop25

PSA 4 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 →

↑ Lean buy · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months was $25, about level with the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher this quarter. Cards like this have risen about 15% over the next 3 months (1,157 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 5b⇄ 5ADead Ted
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: its own sales, newest weighted most, point to $27 and the price model for its grade and version says $32; the value sits between the two, leaning toward the model, since its own sales carry about 3 in 10 of the weight.
$31
PSA 4 · from 4 real sales · last sold Aug 21▼ -19%
PSA 10 comp $862
🟢 lowest on eBay: $76.53 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 4 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$13
169 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 4
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
2026-08-21$25.40PSA 4133683750 ↗BestOffer
2026-04-25$27.95PSA 496981910 ↗
2025-12-27$26PSA 4132353045 ↗Auction
2023-07-09$40PSA 475774132 ↗

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • 4 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $40 → $26 → $28 → $25 — a steady drift lower.
  • Median moved -19% across the window ($33 → $27).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 647 of this card, and only 5.6% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.

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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Only about 1 in 18 copies of this card get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $124, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $13 raw copy you give up.

Expected value if graded$32 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$13 (from 169 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it

Break-even: you need about a 3% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 6%).

Chance of a PSA 10
6%
this card · 647 graded
PSA 10 value
$862
today · ~$862 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$164
today · ~$164 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 ~$52.
Grade odds (this card, 647 PSA-graded): 10 · 6%, 9 · 23%, 8 · 33%, 7 or lower · 39%. 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 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$8621436
PSA 9$16447146
PSA 9 (OC)$492—
PSA 8.5$7855
PSA 8$7553207
PSA 7$482187
PSA 6.5$39 est.01
PSA 6$361778
PSA 6 (MC)$23 est.0—
PSA 5$331245
PSA 4$31425
BGS 2$16 est.05
CSG cgc8$53 est.0—

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