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Thick Vic #90b 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 · PSA 8
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THICK VIC ACTIVEno PSA 8 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
34 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…
Too Thin To Call
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- 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.
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawOnly about 1 in 3 copies of 1986 Original Series 3 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $35 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($76) would leave you about -$16 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $45, is $47 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 34 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
33%
1986 Original Series 3 cards · 10,561 graded
PSA 10 value
$76
today · ~$76 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$35
today · ~$35 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 ~under $0.
Grade odds (1986 Original Series 3 cards, 10,561 PSA-graded): 10 · 33%, 9 · 40%, 8 · 12%, 7 or lower · 15%. 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 (1986 Original Series 3 cards, 10,561 PSA-graded): 10 · 33%, 9 · 40%, 8 · 12%, 7 or lower · 15%. 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.
Thick Vic #90b 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $76 | 1 | 2 |
| PSA 9 | $35 | 2 | 6 |
| PSA 8 | $23 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 7 | $23 | 1 | 5 |
| PSA 6 | $17 | 2 | 2 |
| PSA 5 | $17 | 1 | 2 |
| PSA 4 | $10 est. | 0 | 4 |
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