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Doughy Joey #197a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 5 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $22 lately, below the about $35 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually sold back close to their earlier price within 3 months, a little under it (577 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 197a⇄ 197BStarchy Archie
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($22, Oct 24) counts most; similar cards point to about the same ($18); and 4 sales in the last year near $28.
$19
PSA 9 · from 25 real sales · last sold Oct 24▶ steady
PSA 10 comp $52
no PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
37 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$22PSA 9116965350 ↗BestOffer
2026-03-04$35PSA 956582232 ↗BestOffer
2026-01-09$49.99PSA 996616014 ↗BestOffer
2025-11-27$9.99PSA 9108296522 ↗FixedPrice
2025-11-01$11.50PSA 989438307 ↗Auction
2025-10-18$9.99PSA 991819695 ↗Auction
2025-10-04$10.50PSA 991819775 ↗Auction
2025-10-03$8.99PSA 997274426 ↗FixedPrice
2025-09-30$9.99PSA 996712221 ↗FixedPrice
2025-09-20$10.50PSA 9116965350 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 25 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 25 recorded sales · 4 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Following the trash: $12 → $10 → $50 → $35 → $22 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 126 of this card, and only 42.9% 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.

Doughy Joey — across every card

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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 $19 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($52) would leave you about -$40 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $33, is $59 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 37 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
43%
this card · 126 graded
PSA 10 value
$52
today · ~$52 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$19
today · ~$19 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, 126 PSA-graded): 10 · 43%, 9 · 42%, 8 · 10%, 7 or lower · 6%. 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.

Doughy Joey #197a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$522254
PSA 9$192553
PSA 8.5$19 est.01
PSA 8$19511
PSA 7$1413
PSA 6$12 est.02
PSA 5$10 est.01
PSA 4$8 est.01

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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