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1986 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Stickers-U.K. Minis #38a Slimy Sam front
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Price history · PSA 9
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
18
Card # 38a
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
$27
PSA 9 · this grade
Confidence
★★★☆☆
3 comp sales
See Active PSA 9 See Sold PSA 9 View on PSA
Estimated range OLDER SALES, ADJUSTED
$12.23 ≈$26.60 $73.35
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$19.50
2025-10-25 · PSA 9
Avg Sale (30d)
across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
12
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 1 for this card
Base
$27
pop 18 @ PSA 9
Base
PSA 10 $111 pop 4
PSA 9 $27 pop 18
PSA 8 $22 pop 9
PSA 7 $11 pop 3
PSA 6 $15 pop 5
PSA 5 $13 EST. pop —
PSA 4 $12 EST. pop —
PSA 3 $11 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $10 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $9 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 3 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $36 → $30 → $20 — a steady drift lower.
  • Median moved -31% across the window ($36 → $25).
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($20 on 2025-10-25) landed 27% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 41 of this card, and only 9.8% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.

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.

🧬 Should I slab it?

Coin flip

Roughly a 10% gem rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected ~$31 before the $19 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$12 after - about even with a raw copy ($5 (est.)). A coin flip that only pays off on a high grade.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
10%
this card · 41 graded
PSA 10 value
$111
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$19
PSA Value tier
Expected after grade
$12
vs raw ~$5 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

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