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Messy Tessie #45b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 · Glossy · PSA 5

Glossy
ScarcityPSA has graded more of this parallel than the base
PSA has graded 141 of the base card and 316 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA pop16

PSA 5 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 →

⤴ Buy · next 3 monthsIt sold for $8 lately, below the about $25 it sold for in the nine months before, while most cards in its set sold higher. Cards with a dip this size usually won back part of the drop within 3 months but still sold about 20% under their earlier price (576 cards since 2019).
PSA pop · this parallel
16
Card # 45b⇄ 45ALeaky Lindsay
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: kept in grade order with its other grades (level with them at $16; $14 before that); and 2 sales in 2026 near $16.
$16
PSA 5 · from 5 real sales · last sold Oct 17
PSA 10 comp $249
🟢 lowest on eBay: $39.49 all-in
🛒 1 listing on eBay now PSA 5 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$4
19 raw sales used for this value view raw sales →
● real comps ● est. — own older sales ● est. — never sold ● unsold
Price history · PSA 5
On-the-record sales go back as far as PSA reports them — late 2017 for GPK — plus eBay-tracked and raw sales as they land.
DatePriceGradeCertType
2026-10-17$7.50PSA 597521412 ↗Auction
2026-02-06$24.99PSA 525010976 ↗BestOffer
2025-05-21$6.01PSA 5100906818 ↗Auction
2025-04-03$5.50PSA 589885231 ↗Auction
2023-06-19$10.50PSA 574900178 ↗Auction

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Few Recent Sales
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
  • 5 recorded sales · 2 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $10 → $6 → $6 → $25 → $8 — ran up to a peak of $25, then cooled back off.
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($8 on 2026-10-17) landed 53% below our current value — weigh it as a single data point.
  • Census check: PSA has graded 316 of this card, and only 13.3% come back a 10 — tough to gem.
  • None

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.

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🧬 Should I slab it?

Only if you're confident it's a 10

Only about 1 in 8 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $62 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.

Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $68, is $24 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$4 (from 19 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10

Break-even: you need about a 27% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 13%).

Chance of a PSA 10
13%
this card · 316 graded
PSA 10 value
$249
today · ~$249 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$62
today · ~$62 by Feb 13, 2027
All-in cost
$92
PSA fee $60 + shipping both ways $32
How these numbers work
All-in cost $92: PSA Standard tier fee $60 per card, insured shipping to PSA ~$12, PSA insured return shipping ~$20. Sending it to your PSA Vault instead skips return shipping (vault intake and storage are free): ~$72 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~under $0.
Grade odds (this card, 316 PSA-graded): 10 · 13%, 9 · 40%, 8 · 22%, 7 or lower · 24%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Feb 13, 2027): today's values (the set has no clear 3-month trend).
Expected value if graded = each grade's chance × its value, minus the all-in cost. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and corners on your copy decide the grade.

Messy Tessie #45b Glossy 1985 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade

GradeValueSalesPSA pop
PSA 10$2492642
PSA 9$6245127
PSA 8$272571
PSA 7$21622
PSA 6$16628
PSA 5.5$16 est.01
PSA 5$16516
PSA 4$1617
PSA 3.5$1611
PSA 3$15 est.01

Every grade of this card on one page. Est. = no sale at that grade yet. Tap a grade above to switch the whole page to it.

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