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Lame Lem #497a 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 · PSA 10
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LAME LEM ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $69.99 all-in
🛒 3 listings on eBay now PSA 10 SLAB ×2 · RAW ×1
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
6 raw sales used for this value
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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…
Steady
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
- 8 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- The recent trail reads $34 → $66 → $48 → $46 → $22 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($22 on 2026-01-24) landed 46% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 28 of this card, and only 64.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
- 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 rawAbout 5 in 10 copies of 1988 Original Series 12 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $16 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($41) would leave you about -$51 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $28, is $64 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
$41
today · ~$41 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$16
today · ~$16 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.
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.
Lame Lem #497a 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $41 | 8 | 18 |
| PSA 9 | $16 | 2 | 6 |
| PSA 8 | $12 | 2 | 2 |
| PSA 5 | $8 | 1 | 1 |
| PSA 4 | $7 est. | 0 | 1 |
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