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Car-Stick Karla #481a 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 · Complete Puzzle · PSA 10
Complete Puzzle
ScarcityPSA has graded 2.8x more base copies
PSA has graded 33 of the base card and 12 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
PSA pop5
All grades · value and PSA population
CAR-STICK KARLA ACTIVEno PSA 10 listed on eBay right now
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Price history · PSA 10
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
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 3 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
- Its last few sales went $99 → $20 → $20 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($20 on 2025-10-11) landed 36% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- 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?
No raw price yetAbout 5 in 10 copies of 1988 Original Series 12 cards get a 10. A graded copy should be worth about $0 after the $92 cost; we have no raw sale of this card to compare.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $23, is $69 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value todayNo raw sales yet
VerdictNo raw price yet
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the cost.
Chance of a PSA 10
52%
all 1988 Original Series 12 cards · 2,126 graded
PSA 10 value
$31
today · ~$31 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$14
today · ~$14 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 (all 1988 Original Series 12 cards, 2,126 PSA-graded): 10 · 52%, 9 · 36%, 8 · 7%, 7 or lower · 6%. 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 (all 1988 Original Series 12 cards, 2,126 PSA-graded): 10 · 52%, 9 · 36%, 8 · 7%, 7 or lower · 6%. 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.
Car-Stick Karla #481a Complete Puzzle Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $31 | 3 | 5 |
| PSA 9 | $14 | 1 | 4 |
| PSA 6 | $11 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 5 | $9 | 1 | 2 |
Every grade of this card on one page. Est. = no sale at that grade yet. Tap a grade above to switch the whole page to it.
