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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 2 Glossy #43a Smelly Kelly front
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Price history · PSA 8
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1985 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS STICKERS

SMELLY KELLY

Glossy
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PSA 8

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Card # 43a
Garbage Pail Kids
TCA Value iTCAxis Value is a recency-weighted market value from REAL sales of this exact card+grade (recent comps count most, outliers stripped) — steadier and harder to game than a single 'last sale', which can be one lucky auction or a shill bid. When a card has few or no recent comps, we estimate transparently from its own older sales, its other grades, and comparable cards (same subject/set/rarity tier), factoring subject trend and scarcity — and we LABEL it as an estimate until real sales arrive.
Confidence
★★★★★
See Active PSA 10 See Sold PSA 10 View on PSA
real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
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🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 14.6% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop. Expected value after a $49 grade is roughly $116 vs a raw copy around $4 — grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $587 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
14.6%
this card · 82 graded
PSA 10 value
$587
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$49
PSA Regular tier
Expected after grade
$67
vs raw ~$4 est.

Probability-weighted across grades using PSA population as a proxy for this set’s cut & print quality, minus the grading fee. A guide, not a guarantee — centering and eye-appeal on your specific copy decide the grade.

🗑️ The Garbologist says…

Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist has been digging through this one's trash. It's a thin trader — only 3 recorded sales in the past year, which is too few to call a trend without kidding ourselves. Census check: PSA has graded 82 of this card, and only 14.6% come back a 10 — tough to gem. With this few sales, honest answer is we can't call the direction — one auction would swing the whole read.

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.

Value by grade — Glossy (this card) & other varieties
Glossy pop 87
PSA 10 $587 pop 12
PSA 9 $45 pop 29
PSA 8.5 $40
PSA 8 $34 pop 23
PSA 7 $28 pop 6
PSA 6 $12 pop 5
PSA 5 $8 pop 7
Base pop 87
PSA 10 $80 pop 12
PSA 9 $46 pop 29
PSA 8 $13 pop 23
PSA 7 $10 pop 6
PSA 5 $18 pop 7
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