Set ↗30d−2.4%few sales90d+7.3%not clear yet1y+32%
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Menaced Dennis #173a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 8

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PSA 8 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $13 lately, below the about $16 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually sold back near their earlier price within 3 months (502 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 173a⇄ 173BWormy Shermy
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: its own sales, newest weighted most, point to $12 and the price model for its grade and version says $16; the value sits between the two, leaning toward the model, since its own sales carry about 2 in 10 of the weight.
$16
PSA 8 · from 10 real sales · last sold Sep 10
PSA 10 comp $39
🟢 lowest on eBay: $28.49 all-in
🛒 4 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
22 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
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.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-09-10$12.99PSA 8157081436 ↗FixedPrice
2026-01-13$16PSA 8116965376 ↗BestOffer
2025-10-13$7.19PSA 8116965376 ↗FixedPrice
2025-09-06$10.59PSA 8113992581 ↗Auction
2025-03-27$7PSA 891415856 ↗BestOffer
2025-03-01$8.55PSA 896712007 ↗Auction
2025-02-19$6.99PSA 896712235 ↗FixedPrice
2025-01-28$7.99PSA 898443627 ↗FixedPrice
2023-02-23$13.50PSA 858655743 ↗Auction
2023-02-13$10.50PSA 870328824 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 10 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $7 → $11 → $7 → $16 → $13 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 98 of this card, and only 30.6% 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.

Menaced Dennis — across every card

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🧬 Should I slab it?

Keep it raw

Only about 1 in 3 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $17 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($39) would leave you about -$53 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $23, is $69 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 22 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
31%
this card · 98 graded
PSA 10 value
$39
today · ~$39 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$17
today · ~$17 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 ~under $0.
Grade odds (this card, 98 PSA-graded): 10 · 31%, 9 · 37%, 8 · 24%, 7 or lower · 8%. 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.

Menaced Dennis #173a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$391730
PSA 9$171936
PSA 8$161024
PSA 7$13 est.03
PSA 6$1121
PSA 5$1123
PSA 3$7 est.01

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