No one has gain more from mucous secretion , boogers , and otherbodily expulsionsthan the Topps trading card company , which unveiled their firstGarbage Pail Kidsset in 1985 . A loose parody of theCabbage Patch Kidsphenomenon , the posting describe a population of unfortunate children with chronically loathly heath issue and insensitive names , from Corroded Carl to Stinky Stan .
We ’ve now reached the point where those plug-in — some 800 million were sold in the 1980s — are nowcollectible commodities . Recently , Heritage Auctionsannounced a cut-rate sale of GPK cards and original art . And while the vendue is n’t due to wrapper until October 12 , there ’s already been a lot of action .
Anoriginal illustrationby artist John Pound of a child in a literal food waste pail is up to $ 8000 as of this penning . The 5 - inch by 7 - inch color drawing is believed to be the first GPK fictional character , one conceived by Topps employee Mark Newgarden , though it was never circulated in any of the original trading card sets . Instead , it was specify for another parody line knight Wacky Packages .
“ The jape they had me do for Wacky Packages , they give me a rough resume and it looked like a piffling infant stinker in a trash can , ” Pound told Mental Floss in 2016 .
Another original work , Buggy Betty , also known as Jean Green , is up to $ 16,000 , as isRachel Rodent , also known as Matt Rat . ( The identity card often had twofold names . )
Heritage is also offering acomplete serial 1 setgraded by experts at Professor Sports Authenticator ( PSA ) , with some of the card evaluated at a 10 out of 10 . Bidding is up to $ 2400 .
clear , there ’s a market for nostalgia ask orifices . in the beginning this year , The Garbage Pail Kids Cookbookwasreleased , with recipes for delicacies like “ poop cookies . ”Goosebumpsauthor R.L. Stine also authored a serial of novels based on the characters .
