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3-Card Monte Card Details

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3-Card Monte
Topps Garbage Pail Kids Sticker Card  ·  1988  ·  #581b
9 Crown Grade
Mint
Cert # 000052708
Subgrades
8.5 Centering
9.5 Corners
9.5 Edges
9.5 Surface
Centering65/35 or better on the front. 80/20 or better on the back.
CornersNear-perfect corners with only the slightest signs of wear under very close inspection. Corners are sharp and clean with no visible imperfections.
EdgesPerfect edges under normal inspection. Any tiny imperfections are barely visible under close magnification. Edges are sharp and clean.
SurfacePerfect surface under normal inspection. Any tiny imperfections are barely visible even under magnification.
Card Notes
Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards defined 1980s humor and youth culture. Topps released these deliberately crude, parody-styled cards throughout the decade, each mocking popular toys, celebrities, and trends with irreverent artwork and pun-based titles. The series became a cultural phenomenon, spawning trading crazes, lawsuits from offended corporations, and fierce collecting communities that persist today. These stickers represented childhood rebellion and absurdist comedy before the internet made such humor commonplace. 3-Card Monte plays on the classic street con game, reimagined here through the grotesque lens Garbage Pail Kids perfected. The card's darkly comedic artwork captures the set's signature irreverence. Collectors seek vintage 1988 Topps cards like this one for their authentic representation of the era's peak creativity and cultural impact.
Market Value
$28.00 Grade 9 value
Source: PriceCharting · Updated Nov 08, 2026
Market Reference
Raw / Ungraded
$4.90
Grade 9
$28.00
Value by Grade · PriceCharting
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Population Insights
1 Total Pop
1 This Grade
0 Higher Grade
0 Lower Grade
Grade Count
9 THIS SLAB 1
★  Subgrade Ranking
Ranks #1 of 1 among Grade 9 copies
Subgrade Profile — Centering / Corners / Edges / Surface
8.5 / 9.5 / 9.5 / 9.5
0 Better
1 Equal
0 Lower
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