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Hot Head Harvey #87a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 · Die-Cut Error · PSA 7
Die-Cut Error
ScarcityPSA has graded 3x more base copies
PSA has graded 71 of the base card and 23 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA pop5
All grades · value and PSA population
HOT HEAD HARVEY ACTIVEno PSA 7 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$26
6 raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 7
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…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
- Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale.
- With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a direction — one auction would swing the whole read.
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.
Hot Head Harvey — across every card
Subject page →Every Hot Head Harvey card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itOnly about 1 in 3 copies of 1986 Original Series 3 cards get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $249, more than the $92 it costs to grade plus the $26 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$157 (after $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$26 (from 6 raw sales)
VerdictGrade it
Break-even: you need about a 4% chance of a PSA 10 (all 1986 Original Series 3 cards: 30%).
Chance of a PSA 10
30%
all 1986 Original Series 3 cards · 18,030 graded
PSA 10 value
$601
today · ~$601 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$133
today · ~$133 by Feb 13, 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 ~$177.
Grade odds (all 1986 Original Series 3 cards, 18,030 PSA-graded): 10 · 30%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 13%, 7 or lower · 18%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Feb 13, 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 (all 1986 Original Series 3 cards, 18,030 PSA-graded): 10 · 30%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 13%, 7 or lower · 18%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Feb 13, 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.
Hot Head Harvey #87a Die-Cut Error Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $601 est. | 0 | — |
| PSA 9 | $133 | 2 | 4 |
| PSA 8 | $60 | 1 | 4 |
| PSA 7 | $48 est. | 0 | 5 |
| PSA 6 | $40 | 1 | 4 |
| PSA 5 | $39 | 1 | 4 |
| PSA 4 | $39 | 1 | 2 |
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