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Mad Max #72a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 →

⤵ Sell · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months, $50, was far above the about $30 it sold for in the nine months before. After a jump like this the next sales usually came in lower than the jump sale, though well above the old price (1,655 cards since 2019). The set is rising, but this card has already jumped well ahead of it.
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 72a⇄ 72BBrainy Brian
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($50, Oct 3) counts most; similar cards point to about the same ($55); and 2 sales in the last year near $40.
$57
PSA 9 · from 15 real sales · last sold Oct 3
PSA 10 comp $235
🟢 lowest on eBay: $80.80 all-in
🛒 2 listings on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$3
74 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 9
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
2026-10-03$50PSA 9109927129 ↗BestOffer
2025-12-26$29.99PSA 9109927129 ↗
2025-08-15$36PSA 929026994 ↗Auction
2025-08-12$42PSA 997912739 ↗Auction
2025-02-08$69PSA 997912738 ↗
2024-12-25$35PSA 997070674 ↗
2022-10-13$68.50PSA 958819119 ↗Auction
2020-11-25$50PSA 944672384 ↗
2020-11-04$33.30PSA 940122682 ↗
2020-10-11$21.86PSA 929026994 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 15 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 15 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $69 → $42 → $36 → $30 → $50 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 110 of this card, and only 19.1% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • None

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?

Only if you're confident it's a 10

Only about 1 in 5 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $57 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $78, is $14 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$3 (from 74 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10

Break-even: you need about a 28% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 19%).

Chance of a PSA 10
19%
this card · 112 graded
PSA 10 value
$235
today · ~$235 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$57
today · ~$57 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 ~$6.
Grade odds (this card, 112 PSA-graded): 10 · 19%, 9 · 44%, 8 · 16%, 7 or lower · 21%. 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.

Mad Max #72a 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$235721
PSA 9$571549
PSA 8.5$31 est.01
PSA 8$29317
PSA 7$2513
PSA 6$2537
PSA 5$1838
PSA 4$15 est.02
PSA 3$1413
PSA 1$13 est.01

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