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Price history · PSA 9
— Hold· thin volume
PSA pop · this parallel
21
Card # 178a
Garbage Pail Kids
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EARL PAINTING ACTIVEnot currently listed on eBay
● real comps
● est. — own older sales
● est. — never sold
● unsold
Last sold
$19.99
2026-04-23 · PSA 9
Avg Sale (30d)
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across 0 sales
Volume (30d)
0 sales
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Comp Sales (All)
22
all grades
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Subject trend —
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
Trending Up
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 7 recorded sales · 3 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- The recent trail reads $8 → $10 → $24 → $47 → $20 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +76% across the window ($12 → $22).
- Heads up: the last recorded sale ($20 on 2026-04-23) landed 24% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
- Census check: PSA has graded 72 of this card, and only 45.8% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily.
- 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.
Earl Painting — across every card
Subject page →Every Earl Painting card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
BORDERLINERoughly a 46% gem 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 ~$26 before the $19 PSA fee (fee only - excludes shipping & insurance), ~$7 after - about even with a raw copy ($3 (est.)). A coin flip that only pays off on a high grade.
Gem (PSA 10) rate
46%
this card · 72 graded
PSA 10 value
$35
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$19
PSA Value tier
Expected after grade
$7
vs raw ~$3 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.
