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Ben Bolt #191a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsIts three sales in the last 3 months ran $15 to $35, up from about $15, 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 # 191a⇄ 191BFried Franklin
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($35, Sep 12) counts most; similar cards point lower ($21); 4 sales in 2026 near $17; and 20 older sales from 2024-2025 near $15, about $19 after the set's rise since.
$23
PSA 9 · from 27 real sales · last sold Sep 12▶ steady
PSA 10 comp $78
🟢 lowest on eBay: $74.94 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
31 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
2026-09-12$35PSA 9152534577 ↗BestOffer
2026-08-30$19.50PSA 9152534577 ↗Auction
2026-08-26$15PSA 9105208749 ↗BestOffer
2026-03-04$14.99PSA 9102600393 ↗FixedPrice
2025-11-08$15.50PSA 996712231 ↗Auction
2025-10-25$15.50PSA 996877111 ↗Auction
2025-10-11$14.99PSA 9116965373 ↗Auction
2025-09-27$14.99PSA 9116965371 ↗Auction
2025-08-23$15.50PSA 9113992573 ↗Auction
2025-07-19$15.49PSA 9105208748 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 27 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 27 recorded sales · 4 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $16 → $15 → $15 → $20 → $35 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($35 on 2026-09-12) landed 52% above our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 102 of this card, and only 27.5% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • Net-net, it's holding its ground — steady demand, no fireworks either way.

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

Only about 1 in 4 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $23 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($78) would leave you about -$14 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $35, is $57 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 31 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
27%
this card · 102 graded
PSA 10 value
$78
today · ~$78 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$23
today · ~$23 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, 102 PSA-graded): 10 · 27%, 9 · 45%, 8 · 14%, 7 or lower · 14%. 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.

Ben Bolt #191a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$781428
PSA 9$232746
PSA 8$14814
PSA 7$1223
PSA 6$11 est.06
PSA 5$10 est.03
PSA 3$8 est.01

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