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3-Card Monte #581b 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 15 · Die-Cut-Libra-Scorpio Back · PSA 9

Die-Cut-Libra-Scorpio Back
ScarcityPSA has graded 1.9x more base copies
PSA has graded 32 of the base card and 17 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA 9 · 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 15 →

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Card # 581b⇄ 581AShel Game
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: 2 older sales from 2025 near $25; and similar cards point lower ($16).
$21
PSA 9 · estimate from older sales · last sold Oct 31, 2025
no PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
● 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
2025-10-31$19.99PSA 9102725397 ↗Fixed Price
2025-01-14$30PSA 997274409 ↗Best Offer
2021-09-01$37PSA 947030336 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

No Sale In 12 Months
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 3 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $37 → $30 → $20 — choppy but broadly rangebound.
  • 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 yet

Only about 1 in 3 copies of 1988 Original Series 15 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, $33, is $59 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
35%
all 1988 Original Series 15 cards · 4,079 graded
PSA 10 value
$58
today · ~$58 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$21
today · ~$21 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 (all 1988 Original Series 15 cards, 4,079 PSA-graded): 10 · 35%, 9 · 41%, 8 · 13%, 7 or lower · 11%. 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.

3-Card Monte #581b Die-Cut-Libra-Scorpio Back Garbage Pail Kids value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 9$2135
PSA 4$8 est.01

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