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Elaine Vein #400b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 10 · PSA 8.5

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PSA 8.5 · 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 10 →

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Card # 400b
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s one older sale at this grade (newest $17, Feb 14, 2021), updated to today and blended with what similar cards sell for.
$15
PSA 8.5 · own sales + similar cards · last sold Feb 14, 2021
PSA 10 comp $65
no PSA 8.5 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
5 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 8.5
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
2021-02-14$16.50PSA 8.547450881 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
  • Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $16 on 2021-02-14.
  • 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 raw

Only about 1 in 3 copies of 1987 Original Series 10 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $20 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($65) would leave you about -$27 after costs, not more than raw.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $32, is $60 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 5 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
$65
today · ~$65 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$20
today · ~$20 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.

Elaine Vein #400b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 10 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$6548
PSA 9$20216
PSA 8.5$1511
PSA 8$1219
PSA 6$9 est.01
PSA 5$8 est.02

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