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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 1 Glossy #27a Brainy Janie front
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Price history · PSA 9
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
38
Card # 27a
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis 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.
$282
PSA 9 · this grade▼ -24%
Confidence
★★★★☆
12 comp sales
See Active PSA 9 See Sold PSA 9 View on PSA
Value range RECENT SALES
$173.12 $282.09 $440.57
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
$285
2026-07-23 · PSA 9
Avg Sale (30d)
$285
across 1 sales
Volume (30d)
1 sale
— vs prior 30d
Comp Sales (All)
41
all grades
vs 1 mo
vs 2 mo
vs 3 mo
+58.3%
High Low Avg sales Subject trend
Parallels — 2 for this card
Glossy
$282
pop 38 @ PSA 9
Glossy
PSA 10 $696 pop 15
PSA 9 $282 pop 38
PSA 8 $137 pop 39
PSA 7 $53 pop 19
PSA 6 $54 pop 21
PSA 5 $86 pop 14
PSA 4 $20 pop 6
PSA 3 $9 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $4 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $2 EST. pop —
Base
$168
pop 101 @ PSA 9
Base pop 434
PSA 10 $551 pop 19
PSA 9 $168 pop 101
PSA 8.5 $73 EST. pop —
PSA 8 $76 pop 135
PSA 7.5 $39 EST. pop —
PSA 7 $39 pop 53
PSA 6 $30 pop 47
PSA 5 $27 pop 37
PSA 4 $22 pop 11
PSA 3 $18 EST. pop —
PSA 2 $15 EST. pop —
PSA 1 $12 EST. pop —

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Cooling Off
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
  • 12 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • The recent trail reads $165 → $105 → $140 → $180 → $285 — ran up to a peak of $362, then cooled back off.
  • Median moved -24% across the window ($214 → $163).
  • Census check: PSA has graded 153 of this card, and only 9.8% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • 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.

🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 10% 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 ~$196 before the $49 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$147 after, vs a raw copy around $19 (est.). Grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $696 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
10%
this card · 153 graded
PSA 10 value
$696
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$49
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$147
vs raw ~$19 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s 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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