3-Card Monte #581b

Die-Cut-Libra-Scorpio Back
ScarcityPSA has graded 2.2x more base copies
PSA has graded 33 of the base card and 15 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA 9 · 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 15 →

— Hold · next 3 monthsNo sale in the last 3 months, so there is no fresh price to read; it stays a hold until it sells again. The set chart is down over 90 days, but most of its cards sold higher this quarter than in the nine months before.
PSA pop · this parallel
5
Card # 581b⇄ 581AShel Game
GPK Price Guide Value iGPK Price Guide 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.
$27
PSA 9 · highest-graded comp
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.
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🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 3 recorded sales · 1 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $37 → $30 → $20 — a steady drift lower.
  • Median moved -32% across the window ($37 → $25).
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($20 on 2025-10-31) landed 26% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Net-net, the heat is coming off — recent sales are softening. Could be a breather, could be a top; the trash doesn't say which.

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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NO RAW PRICE YET

About a 60% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop - graded pop is self-selected (best copies get submitted), so a random raw likely grades lower. Expected value ~$66 before the $80 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$-14 after. No raw (ungraded) sale of this card is on record, so there is no raw price to compare grading against yet.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
60%
this card · 15 graded
PSA 10 value
$94
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$80
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$-14
no raw sale on record to compare

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population (this card) as a proxy for cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

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