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1988 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 13 #523a Meltdown Meryl front
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Price history · PSA 10
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1988 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS STICKERS

MELTDOWN MERYL

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PSA 10

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14
Card # 523a
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
★★★★★
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real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
Last Sale
Avg Sale (30d)
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High Low Avg sales Subject trend

🧬 Should I slab it?

Coin flip

Roughly a 66.7% 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
66.7%
this card · 21 graded
PSA 10 value
$35
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$19
PSA Value tier
Expected after grade
$12
vs raw ~$8 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…

Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card. It's a thin trader — only 1 recorded sale in the past year, which is too few to call a trend without kidding ourselves. With this few sales, honest answer is we can't call the 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.

Value by grade — Base (this card) & other varieties
Base pop 21
PSA 10 $35 pop 14
PSA 9 $22 pop 5
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