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Messy Tessie #45b 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 · PSA 8
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MESSY TESSIE ACTIVE🟢 lowest on eBay: $94.35 all-in
🛒 2 listings on eBay now PSA 8 SLAB
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$2
64 raw sales used for this value
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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.
🗑️ The Garbologist says…
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The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- 10 recorded sales · 4 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · moderate-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $35 → $16 → $22 → $35 → $29 — a clear march higher.
- Median moved +47% across the window ($20 → $29).
- Census check: PSA has graded 137 of this card, and only 13.9% 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 10Only about 1 in 7 copies of this card get a 10, and a 9 is worth $51 — less than the $92 it costs to grade.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $67, is $25 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$2 (from 64 raw sales)
VerdictOnly if you're confident it's a 10
Break-even: you need about a 26% chance of a PSA 10 (this card: 13%).
Chance of a PSA 10
13%
this card · 141 graded
PSA 10 value
$257
today · ~$257 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$51
today · ~$51 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, 141 PSA-graded): 10 · 13%, 9 · 43%, 8 · 22%, 7 or lower · 22%. 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.
Grade odds (this card, 141 PSA-graded): 10 · 13%, 9 · 43%, 8 · 22%, 7 or lower · 22%. 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 1985 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $257 | 8 | 19 |
| PSA 9 | $51 | 14 | 60 |
| PSA 8.5 | $30 est. | 0 | 2 |
| PSA 8 | $29 | 10 | 29 |
| PSA 7 | $20 | 2 | 11 |
| PSA 6 | $19 | 1 | 6 |
| PSA 5 | $19 | 1 | 9 |
| PSA 4 | $19 | 1 | 5 |
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