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Michael Mutant #201a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 · PSA 8
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MICHAEL MUTANT ACTIVEno PSA 8 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
49 raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 8
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
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- 6 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Its last few sales went $10 → $9 → $8 → $10 → $10 — holding a steady range.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($10 on 2025-08-02) landed 38% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 75 of this card, and only 24.0% 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 rawOnly 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 ($75) would leave you about -$17 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 49 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
24%
this card · 75 graded
PSA 10 value
$75
today · ~$75 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, 75 PSA-graded): 10 · 24%, 9 · 47%, 8 · 19%, 7 or lower · 11%. 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, 75 PSA-graded): 10 · 24%, 9 · 47%, 8 · 19%, 7 or lower · 11%. 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.
Michael Mutant #201a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 5 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $75 | 7 | 18 |
| PSA 9 | $23 | 19 | 35 |
| PSA 8 | $16 | 6 | 14 |
| PSA 7 | $15 est. | 0 | 4 |
| PSA 5 | $15 | 1 | 2 |
| PSA 4 | $11 est. | 0 | 2 |
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