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Cliff Hanger #181a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 10

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PSA pop31

PSA 10 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months was $53, up from about $38, what it sold for in the nine months before, in step with its set. Cards like this have risen about 4% over the next 3 months (1,396 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 181a⇄ 181BNeck Ty
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: its own sales, newest weighted most, point to $50 and the price model for its grade and version says $48; the value sits between the two, leaning toward the model, since its own sales carry about 3 in 10 of the weight.
$49
PSA 10 · from 18 real sales · last sold Oct 31▼ -11%
🟢 lowest on eBay: $66.03 all-in
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RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
20 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 10
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
2026-10-31$53.32PSA 10123587257 ↗FixedPrice
2026-04-11$49.99PSA 1064392038 ↗FixedPrice
2026-03-24$26.01PSA 1089210692 ↗Auction
2025-10-16$46PSA 10123587257 ↗Auction
2025-10-02$36PSA 10123587258 ↗Auction
2025-07-24$29.99PSA 10111214219 ↗Auction
2025-06-25$39PSA 10111214218 ↗Auction
2025-06-19$49.99PSA 1045213292 ↗FixedPrice
2025-06-04$85PSA 10107939588 ↗BestOffer
2025-05-28$34.99PSA 10107939588 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 18 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 18 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $36 → $46 → $26 → $50 → $53 — ran up to a peak of $85, then cooled back off.
  • Median moved -11% across the window ($48 → $42).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 70 of this card, and only 44.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.

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?

Keep it raw

About 1 in 2 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $20 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($49) would leave you about -$43 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $31, is $61 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 20 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
44%
this card · 70 graded
PSA 10 value
$49
today · ~$49 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$20
today · ~$20 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, 70 PSA-graded): 10 · 44%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 11%, 7 or lower · 10%. 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.

Cliff Hanger #181a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$491831
PSA 9$201024
PSA 8$14 est.08
PSA 7$14 est.01
PSA 6$12 est.02
PSA 5$10 est.02
PSA 4$9 est.02

Every grade of this card on one page. Est. = no sale at that grade yet. Tap a grade above to switch the whole page to it.

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