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Gloppy Glen #495a 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 · PSA 9

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PSA 9 · 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 12 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $15 lately, below the about $26 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 # 495a⇄ 495BSlop Top Todd
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: the newest sale ($15, Sep 11) counts most; 2 sales in 2026 near $20; 4 older sales from 2024-2025 near $8.99; and similar cards point to about the same ($13).
$14
PSA 9 · from 7 real sales · last sold Sep 11
PSA 10 comp $36
🟢 lowest on eBay: $43 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 9 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
6 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
2026-09-11$14.99PSA 9157489942 ↗FixedPrice
2026-05-12$25.60PSA 992275697 ↗BestOffer
2025-08-26$17.49PSA 987425994 ↗FixedPrice
2025-03-01$7.99PSA 998522748 ↗Auction
2025-02-15$7.99PSA 9101311477 ↗Auction
2024-09-07$9.99PSA 992275697 ↗Auction
2020-03-18$17.99PSA 920509949 ↗FixedPrice

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 7 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $8 → $8 → $17 → $26 → $15 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • None

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

About 5 in 10 copies of 1988 Original Series 12 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $14 — 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, $25, is $67 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
52%
1988 Original Series 12 cards · 1,976 graded
PSA 10 value
$36
today · ~$36 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$14
today · ~$14 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 (1988 Original Series 12 cards, 1,976 PSA-graded): 10 · 52%, 9 · 36%, 8 · 7%, 7 or lower · 5%. 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.

Gloppy Glen #495a 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$361317
PSA 9$14713
PSA 8$13 est.01
PSA 6$10 est.01

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