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Hot Rob #5b 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Battle Of The Bands Metal · Bruised · PSA 10
Bruised
Scarcity227 made · 1 per pack (collector box only)
227 made, per GPKNews. Stated pack odds: 1:1 packs (Collector Box exclusive) (geepeekay.com).
PSA popall grades: 1
All grades · value and PSA population
HOT ROB ACTIVEno PSA 10 listed on eBay right now
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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…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale.
- 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?
No raw price yetAbout 6 in 10 copies of 2017 GPK 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, $80, is $12 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value todayNo raw sales yet
VerdictNo raw price yet
Break-even: you need about a 74% chance of a PSA 10 (all 2017 GPK cards: 56%).
Chance of a PSA 10
56%
all 2017 GPK cards · 3,245 graded
PSA 10 value
$109
today · ~$109 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$47
today · ~$47 by Feb 13, 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 ~$8.
Grade odds (all 2017 GPK cards, 3,245 PSA-graded): 10 · 56%, 9 · 31%, 8 · 8%, 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 13, 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 (all 2017 GPK cards, 3,245 PSA-graded): 10 · 56%, 9 · 31%, 8 · 8%, 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 13, 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.
Hot Rob #5b Bruised 2017 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $109 est. | 0 | — |
| PSA 8 | $41 | 1 | 1 |
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