1986 Garbage Pail Kids Stickers📈 SET TREND ↗30d +1.5%90d 0.0%1y +19.8%

Earl Painting #178a

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PSA pop11

PSA 8 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsNo sale in the last 3 months, so there is no fresh price to read; it stays a hold until it sells again.
PSA pop · this parallel
11
Card # 178a⇄ 178BBlue-Boy George
GPK Price Guide Value iGPK Price Guide Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
$10
PSA 8 · this grade
PSA 10 comp $48
no PSA 8 listed on eBay right now
● 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.
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🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 3 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $11 → $10 → $10 — holding a steady range.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 73 of this card, and only 45.2% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • Net-net, it's holding its ground — steady demand, no fireworks either way.

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.

Earl Painting — across every card

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🧬 Should I slab it?

NO RAW PRICE YET

About a 46% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected value ~$31 before the $80 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$-49 after. No raw (ungraded) sale of this card is on record, so there is no raw price to compare grading against yet.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
46%
this card · 72 graded
PSA 10 value
$48
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$80
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$-49
no raw sale on record to compare

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population (this card) as a proxy for cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

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