Cooper Flagg Garbage Pail Kids Card Sets New Record

Cooper Flagg Adds Another Record to a Breakout Card Market

Cooper Flagg’s card market keeps reaching new heights. The Mavericks rookie now has a new benchmark in the non-sports space after his Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor sold for $288,000 in Fanatics Collect Premier Auction, setting a new all-time record for any Garbage Pail Kids card.

The sale arrived during a stretch of major attention around Flagg’s collectibles market. Fanatics also announced this morning that it had landed the Cooper Flagg Debut Patch Auto for consignment in the September Fanatics Collect Premier Auction, adding another high-profile item to a rapidly growing list of Flagg cards drawing major bids.

The Cooper Flagg GPK Superfractor Sets the New High Mark

The card that set the record was the Cooper Flagg Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor 1/1, which was graded CGC Authentic. Fanatics said the card sold for $288,000, a figure that more than tripled the previous record for a Garbage Pail Kids card.

That result also pushed the card well beyond the top end of previous Bowman Garbage Pail Kids sales. Fanatics noted that the Flagg Superfractor sold for more than 10 times the prior Bowman Garbage Pail Kids record.

For a market that has seen several notable GPK sales over the last few years, the Flagg result stands out as a major jump. The sale places the card at the top of the all-time list for the category and gives Flagg another headline-making auction result in a year already filled with record-setting moments.

How the Previous GPK Record Stood

Before the Flagg sale, the all-time Garbage Pail Kids record belonged to the Evil Eddie Superfractor from 2013 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome Series 1. That card was graded PSA 10 and sold for $79,999.99 in January 2023.

Fanatics said the new Flagg sale was 3.6 times higher than that previous record. The gap between the two results shows just how far the market moved once the Cooper Flagg card reached auction.

The Card Ladder estimated value for the Evil Eddie Superfractor has since climbed to $149,110, which adds another layer of context to the strength of the non-sports market around top-tier GPK cards.

Other Notable Garbage Pail Kids Sales

The Flagg card now sits above several other notable sales from Garbage Pail Kids releases. Among them is the 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition Adam Bomb Padparadscha 1/1, which sold for $52,100 in March 2022 in a PSA Authentic slab.

Another key benchmark in the category is the 1985 Nasty Nick Sticker - Glossy in a PSA 10, which sold for $27,500 in February 2021. That card remains the record for the original 1985 Garbage Pail Kids set that helped launch the brand’s long-running popularity.

More recent Bowman Garbage Pail Kids sales have also drawn attention. Fanatics identified the previous Bowman GPK record as the 2025 Bowman Chrome Paul Skenes Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor in a PSA 9, which sold for $28,000. Other top Bowman Garbage Pail Kids sales include the Judge card, which sold for $26,975 in May 2026, and the AJ Dybantsa Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor, which sold for just under $20,000.

How the Card Was Pulled

One of the more unusual details surrounding the record sale is who pulled the card. Fanatics said Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell pulled the Cooper Flagg Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor while he was on the injured list earlier this season.

Snell started a breaking company while sidelined and was able to pull the card for a customer out of the 2025-26 Bowman Basketball set. That connection adds another layer to a card that was already notable for its rarity and eventual auction result.

Flagg’s Market Keeps Building

The record-setting GPK sale is only the latest sign of how strong Cooper Flagg’s card market has become. His cards have continued to attract major attention across formats, and the auction results keep climbing as more premium pieces enter the market.

With the Cooper Flagg Debut Patch Auto headed to the September Fanatics Collect Premier Auction, another major result could be on the way. Given the pace of recent sales, Flagg’s highest auction mark may not stay in place for long.

For now, the $288,000 Cooper Flagg Garbage Pail Kids Superfractor stands as the new standard for the category and one of the most significant non-sports card sales ever recorded.