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Price history · PSA 10
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1988 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 12

Lame Lem

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PSA 10

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Card # 497a
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.
Confidence
★★★★★
See Active PSA 10 See Sold PSA 10 View on PSA
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
Avg Sale (30d)
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Volume (30d)
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🧬 Should I slab it?

Coin flip

Roughly a 64.3% gem rate on this card's own PSA pop. After the $19 grade it's about even with a raw copy — a coin flip that only pays off on a high grade.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
64.3%
this card · 28 graded
PSA 10 value
$22
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$19
PSA Value tier
Expected after grade
$-0
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.

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Steady
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash. Liquidity read: 8 recorded sales on file (1 in the last year), trading only a few times a year — a moderate-confidence sample. The recent trail reads $34 → $66 → $48 → $46 → $22 — choppy but broadly rangebound. Census check: PSA has graded 28 of this card, and only 64.3% come back a 10 — gems fairly readily. Net-net, it's holding its ground — steady demand, no fireworks either way.

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.

Value by grade — Base (this card) & other varieties
Base pop 28
PSA 10 $22 pop 18
PSA 9 $15 pop 6
PSA 8 $12 pop 2
PSA 7 $10 EST.
PSA 6 $8 EST.
PSA 5 $7 pop 1
PSA 4 $6 EST.
PSA 3 $5 EST.
PSA 2 $4 EST.
PSA 1 $3 EST.
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