Blue-Boy George #178b

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PSA 9 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

⤵ Sellnext 3 months: cards here went down more often than not (about 2 in 3), typically a drop
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Card # 178b⇄ 178AEarl Painting
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.
$29
PSA 9 · this grade
PSA 10 comp $75
no PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
● 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.
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🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • 4 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $12 → $8 → $16 → $33 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +142% across the window ($10 → $24).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 84 of this card, and only 41.7% 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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NO RAW PRICE YET

About a 42% 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 ~$43 before the $80 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$-37 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
42%
this card · 83 graded
PSA 10 value
$75
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$80
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$-37
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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