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Marc Spark #238a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 6 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 6 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $27 lately, below the about $30 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 at or a little above their earlier price within 3 months (629 cards since 2019).
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Card # 238a⇄ 238BCherry Bomb
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($27, Oct 8) counts most; 1 older sale from 2025 near $14, about $18 after the set's rise since; 2 sales in 2026 near $28; and similar cards point lower ($16).
$21
PSA 9 · from 4 real sales · last sold Oct 8
PSA 10 comp $61
no PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
11 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
2026-10-08$26.99PSA 9168541685 ↗Auction
2026-01-18$29.99PSA 921039158 ↗BestOffer
2025-02-13$13.99PSA 999511320 ↗FixedPrice
2021-04-19$15PSA 921737895 ↗BestOffer

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • 4 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $15 → $14 → $30 → $27 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($27 on 2026-10-08) landed 29% above our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 31 of this card, and only 32.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
  • None

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 2 copies of 1986 Original Series 6 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $21 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($61) would leave you about -$31 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $37, is $55 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 11 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
45%
1986 Original Series 6 cards · 4,027 graded
PSA 10 value
$61
today · ~$61 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$21
today · ~$21 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 (1986 Original Series 6 cards, 4,027 PSA-graded): 10 · 45%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 9%, 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.

Marc Spark #238a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 6 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$61310
PSA 9$21412
PSA 8$1245
PSA 7$11 est.03
PSA 6$1011
PSA 4$7 est.01

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