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Earl Painting #178a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · Acne Amy Back · PSA 9
Acne Amy Back
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⇄ 178BBlue-Boy George
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EARL PAINTING ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $26.24 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
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Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 8 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- The recent trail reads $10 → $24 → $47 → $20 → $20 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +96% across the window ($11 → $22).
- Census check: PSA has graded 75 of this card, and only 46.7% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
- Net-net, the momentum points up — real buyers are paying more, more often. Not a promise, just what the garbage is telling us.
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?
No raw price yetAbout 1 in 2 copies of this card get a 10. A graded copy should be worth about $0 after the $92 cost; we have no raw sale of this card to compare.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $31, is $61 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value todayNo raw sales yet
VerdictNo raw price yet
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the cost.
Chance of a PSA 10
47%
this card · 75 graded
PSA 10 value
$49
today · ~$49 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$18
today · ~$18 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, 75 PSA-graded): 10 · 47%, 9 · 28%, 8 · 16%, 7 or lower · 9%. 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.
Grade odds (this card, 75 PSA-graded): 10 · 47%, 9 · 28%, 8 · 16%, 7 or lower · 9%. 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.
Earl Painting #178a Acne Amy Back Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $49 | 14 | 35 |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 8 | 21 |
| PSA 8.5 | $15 | 1 | 1 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 3 | 11 |
| PSA 7 | $10 est. | 0 | 4 |
| PSA 6 | $9 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 5 | $8 est. | 0 | 1 |
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