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Joe Blow #84a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 · Principal Back · PSA 8
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JOE BLOW ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $29.99 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
59 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…
Steady
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- 9 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $25 → $30 → $25 → $22 → $12 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($12 on 2026-09-30) landed 52% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 154 of this card, and only 13.0% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
- 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?
Only if you're confident it's a 10Only about 1 in 8 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $81 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $72, is $20 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 59 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10
Break-even: you need about a 24% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 13%).
Chance of a PSA 10
13%
this card · 154 graded
PSA 10 value
$251
today · ~$251 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$81
today · ~$81 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 ~$0.
Grade odds (this card, 154 PSA-graded): 10 · 13%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 21%, 7 or lower · 32%. 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, 154 PSA-graded): 10 · 13%, 9 · 34%, 8 · 21%, 7 or lower · 32%. 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.
Joe Blow #84a Principal Back 1986 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $251 | 7 | 20 |
| PSA 9 | $81 | 22 | 52 |
| PSA 8.5 | $43 | 2 | 3 |
| PSA 8 | $26 | 9 | 29 |
| PSA 7 | $26 | 3 | 15 |
| PSA 6 | $25 | 2 | 14 |
| PSA 5 | $18 | 2 | 12 |
| PSA 4 | $14 est. | 0 | 7 |
| PSA 2 | $13 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 1 | $12 est. | 0 | 1 |
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