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Messy Tessie #45b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 · Glossy · PSA 8

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 pop71

PSA 8 · 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Original Series 2 →

⤵ Sell · next 3 monthsIts one sale in the last 3 months, $45, was far above the about $22 it sold for in the nine months before. After a jump like this the next sales usually came in lower than the jump sale, though well above the old price (1,655 cards since 2019). The set is rising, but this card has already jumped well ahead of it.
PSA pop · this parallel
71
Card # 45b⇄ 45ALeaky Lindsay
GPK Price Guide Value iBased on this card’s sales at this grade: kept within 25% of the middle of its last 5 sales ($21); 7 older sales from 2024-2025 near $16, about $28 after the set's rise since; and 9 sales in the last year near $23.
$27
PSA 8 · from 25 real sales · last sold Sep 19▲ +64%
PSA 10 comp $249
🟢 lowest on eBay: $44.98 all-in
🛒 3 listings on eBay now PSA 8 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 8
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
2026-09-19$45PSA 869332239 ↗BestOffer
2026-06-27$20.50PSA 8144454093 ↗Auction
2026-06-13$21.50PSA 8144454094 ↗Auction
2026-06-07$34.90PSA 853525327 ↗BestOffer
2026-05-30$19.99PSA 8144454069 ↗Auction
2026-04-17$31.27PSA 892632730 ↗FixedPrice
2026-03-29$23PSA 8116786288 ↗BestOffer
2026-01-02$20PSA 873720317 ↗Auction
2025-11-27$25PSA 8116786288 ↗BestOffer
2025-09-25$23.56PSA 853525331 ↗BestOffer
Newest 10 of 25 sales at this grade

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

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The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash.
  • 25 recorded sales · 9 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
  • Its last few sales went $20 → $35 → $22 → $20 → $45 — a clear march higher.
  • Median moved +64% across the window ($20 → $22).
  • Heads up: the last recorded sale ($45 on 2026-09-19) landed 67% above 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.
  • Net-net, the momentum points up — real buyers are paying more, more often. Not a promise, just what the garbage is telling us.

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

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