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3-Card Monte #581b 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 15 · PSA 8
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3-CARD MONTE ACTIVEno PSA 8 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$5
15 raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 8
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…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card.
- Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $10 on 2019-03-17.
- With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a 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.
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 1 in 3 copies of 1988 Original Series 15 cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $18 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($56) would leave you about -$36 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $30, is $62 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$5 (from 15 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
35%
1988 Original Series 15 cards · 2,223 graded
PSA 10 value
$56
today · ~$56 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$18
today · ~$18 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 15 cards, 2,223 PSA-graded): 10 · 35%, 9 · 41%, 8 · 12%, 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.
Grade odds (1988 Original Series 15 cards, 2,223 PSA-graded): 10 · 35%, 9 · 41%, 8 · 12%, 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 1988 Garbage Pail Kids Series 15 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $56 | 11 | 12 |
| PSA 9 | $18 | 7 | 16 |
| PSA 8 | $14 | 1 | 2 |
| PSA 7 | $10 est. | 0 | 1 |
| PSA 6 | $9 est. | 0 | 1 |
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