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Play Penny #394b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 10 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 10 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIts three sales in the last 3 months ran $8 to $20, below the about $12 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually won back part of the drop within 3 months but still sold about 20% under their earlier price (576 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
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Card # 394b⇄ 394ABarb Wire
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: 6 sales in the last year near $12; 6 older sales from 2025 near $12, about $15 after the set's rise since; and similar cards point higher ($17).
$13
PSA 9 · from 12 real sales · last sold Oct 19▶ steady
🟢 lowest on eBay: $86.98 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
10 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 9
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.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-10-19$7.50PSA 989423346 ↗Auction
2026-10-06$19.99PSA 9168541897 ↗FixedPrice
2026-08-25$7.50PSA 970224267 ↗Auction
2026-01-17$14.99PSA 9131766026 ↗Auction
2026-01-02$9.99PSA 998817463 ↗FixedPrice
2025-11-09$24.99PSA 9100813857 ↗FixedPrice
2025-10-25$14.50PSA 996445682 ↗Auction
2025-10-24$19.99PSA 989423346 ↗FixedPrice
2025-10-11$9.99PSA 996445681 ↗Auction
2025-09-06$12.02PSA 996445802 ↗Auction
Newest 10 of 12 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
  • 12 recorded sales · 6 in the last year · trades about once a month · high-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $10 → $15 → $8 → $20 → $8 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($8 on 2026-10-19) landed 42% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 25 of this card, and only 12.0% 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?

Keep it raw

Only about 1 in 3 copies of 1987 Original Series 10 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $13 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($47) would leave you about -$45 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $23, is $69 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 10 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw

Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.

Chance of a PSA 10
33%
1987 Original Series 10 cards · 2,463 graded
PSA 10 value
$47
today · ~$47 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$13
today · ~$13 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 ~under $0.
Grade odds (1987 Original Series 10 cards, 2,463 PSA-graded): 10 · 33%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 14%, 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 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.

Play Penny #394b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 10 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$47 est.03
PSA 9$131216
PSA 8$1115
PSA 7$9 est.01
PSA 6$9 est.01

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