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Piston Pete #498b 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 · PSA 10
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PISTON PETE ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $55.98 all-in
🛒 6 listings on eBay now PSA 10 SLAB ×3 · RAW ×3
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
10 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…
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 $50 → $40 → $35 — holding a steady range.
- 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?
Keep it rawAbout 5 in 10 copies of 1988 Original Series 12 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $15 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($40) would leave you about -$52 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $27, is $65 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$3 (from 10 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
$40
today · ~$40 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$15
today · ~$15 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.
Piston Pete #498b 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 12 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $40 | 3 | 14 |
| PSA 9 | $15 | 2 | 8 |
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