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Marvin Gardens #92a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 · PSA 8
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MARVIN GARDENS ACTIVEno PSA 8 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
40 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
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
- 3 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
- The recent trail reads $21 → $21 → $10 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($10 on 2024-11-11) landed 55% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 22 of this card, and only 4.5% come back a 10 — a genuine condition rarity.
- 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?
Only if you're confident it's a 10Only about 1 in 3 copies of 1986 Original Series 3 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $33 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $66, is $26 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 40 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10
Break-even: you need about a 57% chance of a PSA 10 (1986 Original Series 3 cards: 33%).
Chance of a PSA 10
33%
1986 Original Series 3 cards · 10,561 graded
PSA 10 value
$145
today · ~$145 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$33
today · ~$33 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.
Marvin Gardens #92a 1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 9 | $33 | 2 | 8 |
| PSA 8 | $22 | 3 | 5 |
| PSA 7 | $16 | 2 | 3 |
| PSA 4 | $8 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 3 | $7 est. | 0 | 1 |
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