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Mel Meal #188a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 9
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MEL MEAL ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $55.98 all-in
🛒 2 listings on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
14 raw sales used for this value
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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…
No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 6 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Its last few sales went $9 → $11 → $30 → $15 → $10 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($10 on 2024-09-21) landed 63% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 74 of this card, and only 35.1% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
- Net-net, nobody has sold this card at this grade in the last 12 months, so the trail above is history, not today's market. We don't call a direction until it sells again.
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 rawAbout 1 in 3 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $27 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($54) would leave you about -$38 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 14 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
35%
this card · 74 graded
PSA 10 value
$54
today · ~$54 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$27
today · ~$27 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, 74 PSA-graded): 10 · 35%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 11%, 7 or lower · 20%. 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, 74 PSA-graded): 10 · 35%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 11%, 7 or lower · 20%. 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.
Mel Meal #188a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $54 | 12 | 26 |
| PSA 9 | $27 | 6 | 25 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 3 | 8 |
| PSA 7 | $12 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 6 | $11 | 1 | 5 |
| PSA 5 | $10 est. | 0 | 4 |
| PSA 4 | $8 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 3 | $7 est. | 0 | 2 |
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