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Hot Rob #5b 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Battle Of The Bands Metal · PSA 9
Scarcity16,922 made · 6 parallels: print runs and odds
16,922 made of each base card, worked out from Topps’ pack counts by GPKNews.
PSA pop3
PSA pop · this parallel
3
Card #
⇄ 5AZombie Robbie
All grades · value and PSA population
HOT ROB ACTIVEno PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$6
5 raw sales used for this value
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Trending Up
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 4 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $18 → $18 → $18 → $29 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +28% across the window ($18 → $24).
- Net-net, the momentum points up — real buyers are paying more, more often. Not a promise, just what the garbage is telling us.
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.
Hot Rob — across every card
Subject page →Every Hot Rob card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 6 in 10 copies of 2017 GPK cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $30 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($81) would leave you about -$11 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $57, is $35 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$6 (from 5 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
56%
all 2017 GPK cards · 3,245 graded
PSA 10 value
$81
today · ~$81 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$30
today · ~$30 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 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 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 (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 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.
Hot Rob #5b 2017 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $81 | 5 | 7 |
| PSA 9 | $30 | 4 | 3 |
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