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Empty Head Jed #431b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 11 · PSA 9
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EMPTY HEAD JED ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $56.39 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
6 raw sales used for this value
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
- 6 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $42 → $10 → $8 → $8 → $15 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($15 on 2026-03-24) landed 25% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
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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 rawAbout 1 in 3 copies of 1987 Original Series 11 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $20 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($36) would leave you about -$56 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $24, is $68 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 6 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
38%
1987 Original Series 11 cards · 1,545 graded
PSA 10 value
$36
today · ~$36 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 11 cards, 1,545 PSA-graded): 10 · 38%, 9 · 44%, 8 · 10%, 7 or lower · 8%. 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.
Grade odds (1987 Original Series 11 cards, 1,545 PSA-graded): 10 · 38%, 9 · 44%, 8 · 10%, 7 or lower · 8%. 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.
Empty Head Jed #431b 1987 Garbage Pail Kids Series 11 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $36 | 6 | 10 |
| PSA 9 | $20 | 6 | 12 |
| PSA 8 | $11 est. | 0 | 2 |
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