Like every good stick-it-to-the-adults product, Garbage Pail Kids cards were an immediate hit with kids when they debuted in 1985 … and an immediate thorn in the side for parents, teachers, clergymen, and no-fun-nicks.
Made to parody the wildly popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls of the day, the Garbage Pail Kids actually showed up on stickers albeit with stiff cardboard backs and checking in at a regulation-baseball-card-size 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″.
Featuring cartoon versions of the same types of familiar dimply visages that graced Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, Garbage Pail Kids then perverted each tableau through a series of pun-derful disfigurements and naughty moments that included the likes of …
- Adam Bomb, with an exploding head
- Nasty Nick, a vampire-thing on the verge of (apparently) defiling a Barbie doll in some fashion
- Thin Lynn, a skeletonized redhead whose diet went a bit too far
- Stinky Stan, a garbage-can-dwelling baby-thing who appears to be naked
… and many other awful, terrible, delightful, irresistible beasties.
In all, there were 41 different tykes, issued across 82 different cards — basically, two series (“A” and “B”) each featuring the same artwork but with different clever(ish) child names.
While kids of the era ate these things up, there was, of course, backlash from adults, and maybe even a conspiracy or two as the cards sank into obscurity and eventually ended up mostly in commons bins or — gasp! — discarded entirely.
But those kids grew up, and when we did, we remembered how much fun it was to make fun of those pudgy, little-kid Cabbage Patch things … and realized how much we really wanted to stick it to the man, just like our stickers did way back then.
And, so, what did we do?
Yeah, we sought out our Garbage Pail Kids.
When we did? Well, we found out they weren’t quite as easy to come by as we might have imagined. Demand rose, supply didn’t, and prices climbed.
Eventually, these silly little baubles entered the realm of real collectibles, so much so that we started getting graded, just like our Mickey Mantle and Pete Rose and Pete LaCock baseball cards.
Today, you need look no further than the list of most-watched Garbage Pail Kids cards on eBay right now (see below) to realize that these little troublemakers will never truly go out of style. And check back often, because this GPK list is updated all the time.
(NOTE: The section below contains affiliate links to eBay listings for the card shown. You might also enjoy our rundown of the 100 Most Expensive Pokemon Cards Sold on eBay in the Last 30 Days.)

2 RAREST Alex Pardee cards! 2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS X MLB - AUTO & SKETCH!
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Watchers: 39 # of Bids: 12Current Bid: $139.5 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 23:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
1950's to the present Vintage Non Sports 233 card Lot...A nice variety!!!
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Watchers: 25 # of Bids: 11Current Bid: $21.5 Auction Ends: 23-Mar-2023 01:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps MLB x Garbage Pail Kids Series 1 Keith Shore COMPLETE 30-CARD A/B SET
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Watchers: 11 # of Bids: 4Current Bid: $5.5 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 01:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps MLB x Garbage Pail Kids Alex Pardee BASEBALL GUY Art Card #SK SSP GPK
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Watchers: 9 # of Bids: 1Current Bid: $70 Auction Ends: 28-Mar-2023 02:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore MLB X Bobby Witt Jr 6a 6b 6c card
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Watchers: 8 # of Bids: 2Current Bid: $4.75 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 23:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore MLB X Aaron Judge 1a 1b 1c card
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Watchers: 7 # of Bids: 6Current Bid: $12.02 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 22:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps GPK Keith Shore Garbage Pail Kids Card Juli-Glow Julio Rodriguez 10a
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Watchers: 7 # of Bids: 6Current Bid: $3.75 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 17:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps GPK X MLB Garbage Pail Kids ALEX PARDEE Series Lot of 20 base cards
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Watchers: 6 # of Bids: 2Current Bid: $3.02 Auction Ends: 27-Mar-2023 16:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore MLB X Wander Franco 5a 5b 5c card
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Watchers: 6 # of Bids: 2Current Bid: $1.25 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 23:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps MLB x Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore ALMOST full set 26/30 cards!!!
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Watchers: 5 # of Bids: 2Current Bid: $1.04 Auction Ends: 27-Mar-2023 20:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
Topps MLB x GPK Pardee VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR Foil Parallel /199 TOM NATOR Card 6b
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Watchers: 4 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $29.99 Auction Ends: 27-Mar-2023 01:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore MLB X Ronald Acuña Jr 8a 8b 8c card
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Watchers: 3 # of Bids: 1Current Bid: $0.99 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 23:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps GPK x Keith Shore Garbage Pail Kids Card of Aaron Delicious Judge 1b
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Watchers: 3 # of Bids: 4Current Bid: $1.01 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 17:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps GPK Keith Shore Garbage Pail Kids Card Radiating Julio Rodriguez 10b
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Watchers: 3 # of Bids: 9Current Bid: $6.5 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 17:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
GARBAGE PAIL KIDS 6 Card lot 1986: Every deal is a steal @ my store please visit
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Watchers: 2 # of Bids: 4Current Bid: $5.5 Auction Ends: 23-Mar-2023 17:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS GPK MLB JUAN SOTO PADRES CARD SP 3 A&B
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Watchers: 2 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $1.99 Auction Ends: 30-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 Topps MLB x Garbage Pail Kids GPK Keith Shore Complete A/B 30 Card Set
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Watchers: 2 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $37.99 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
ADA BOMB - 620a - 1988 Topps Garbage Pail Kids - Sticker Card - GPK Unpeeled
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Watchers: 2 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $0.99 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 16:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS GPK MLB HUNTER GREENE REDS ROOKIE CARD SP RC 7 A&B
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $1.99 Auction Ends: 30-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS GPK MLB RONALD ACUNA JR BRAVES CARD SP 8 A&B
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $1.99 Auction Ends: 30-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS GPK MLB MIKE TROUT ANGELS BASEBALL CARD SP 4 A&B
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $1.99 Auction Ends: 30-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2022 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS GPK MLB WANDER FRANCO ROOKIE CARD SP RC 5 A&B
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 1Current Bid: $2.99 Auction Ends: 30-Mar-2023 03:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
2013 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS BLACK PARALLEL CARD SURPRISIN STEPH #84a
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 1Current Bid: $1.25 Auction Ends: 25-Mar-2023 07:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
1987 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MAGIC WANDA TRADING CARD
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 0Current Bid: $0.99 Auction Ends: 23-Mar-2023 06:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
🔥2022 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Keith Shore MLB X 16 card Lot🔥
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Watchers: 1 # of Bids: 2Current Bid: $2.52 Auction Ends: 26-Mar-2023 17:03 See full listing on eBay (affiliate link) |
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