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Jean Machine #186b 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsSold for about $18 lately, with no sale in the nine months before that to compare. Cards like this have stayed about flat over the next 3 months (5,110 cards since 2019).
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Card # 186b⇄ 186AIron-Jaw Aaron
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: 3 sales in 2026 near $18; similar cards point to about the same ($17); and 1 older sale from 2025 near $14, about $20 after the set's rise since.
$18
PSA 9 · from 10 real sales · last sold Oct 24▲ +25%
PSA 10 comp $46
no PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
6 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● 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.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-10-24$17.50PSA 9152534559 ↗Auction
2026-10-17$17.50PSA 9152534558 ↗Auction
2026-10-10$17.50PSA 9152534560 ↗Auction
2025-06-12$13.99PSA 946771927 ↗FixedPrice
2023-05-22$14.38PSA 974388321 ↗Auction
2022-12-21$20.50PSA 945028607 ↗Auction
2020-10-08$13.50PSA 945213295 ↗Auction
2020-10-08$14.02PSA 945213296 ↗Auction
2020-05-15$14PSA 945028607 ↗FixedPrice
2018-12-09$12.49PSA 941936577 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 10 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $14 → $14 → $18 → $18 → $18 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +25% across the window ($14 → $18).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 59 of this card, and only 35.6% 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?

Keep it raw

About 1 in 3 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $18 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($46) would leave you about -$46 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $26, is $66 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 6 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
36%
this card · 59 graded
PSA 10 value
$46
today · ~$46 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, 59 PSA-graded): 10 · 36%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 10%, 7 or lower · 15%. 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.

Jean Machine #186b 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$46721
PSA 9$181023
PSA 8$1336
PSA 7$12 est.01
PSA 6$1135
PSA 5$10 est.02
PSA 4$9 est.01

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