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1988 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 13
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PSA 10
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13
Card # 540b
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value
iTCAxis Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
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★★★★★
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● est. — own older sales
● est. — never sold
● unsold
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Coin flipRoughly a 52.0% gem rate on this card's own PSA pop. After the $19 grade it's about even with a raw copy — a coin flip that only pays off on a high grade.
Gem (PSA 10) rate
52.0%
this card · 25 graded
PSA 10 value
$40
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$19
PSA Value tier
Expected after grade
$10
vs raw ~$6 est.
Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card. Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record in the last year, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale. Heads up: the last recorded sale ($23 on 2025-04-02) landed 42% below our current value — one sale, so weigh it accordingly. With this few sales, honest answer is we can't call the direction — one auction would swing the whole read.
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.
