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Elaborate Elton #16a 2017 Garbage Pail Kids Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock · PSA 10
Scarcity16,922 made · 6 parallels: print runs and odds
16,922 made of each base card, worked out from Topps’ pack counts by GPKNews.
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ELABORATE ELTON ACTIVEno PSA 10 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$3
2 raw sales used for this value
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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.
- Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $46 on 2025-10-04.
- 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.
Elaborate Elton — across every card
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 6 in 10 copies of 2017 Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $52 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $81, is $11 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$3 (from 2 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Break-even: you need about a 84% chance of a PSA 10 (all 2017 Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock cards: 60%).
Chance of a PSA 10
60%
all 2017 Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock cards · 480 graded
PSA 10 value
$105
today · ~$105 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$52
today · ~$52 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 ~$9.
Grade odds (all 2017 Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock cards, 480 PSA-graded): 10 · 60%, 9 · 27%, 8 · 7%, 7 or lower · 6%. 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 Battle Of The Bands Classic Rock cards, 480 PSA-graded): 10 · 60%, 9 · 27%, 8 · 7%, 7 or lower · 6%. 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.
Elaborate Elton #16a 2017 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $105 | 1 | 1 |
| PSA 9 | $52 | 1 | 2 |
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