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Price history · PSA 10
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1985 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Series 2

Messy Tessie

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PSA 10

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Card # 45b
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
★★★★★
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real comps est. — own older sales est. — never sold unsold
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🧬 Should I slab it?

Worth grading

About a 13.6% gem (PSA 10) rate on this card's own PSA pop. Expected value after a $29 grade is roughly $87 vs a raw copy around $7 — grading pencils out here, especially if you hit the $348 ten.

Gem (PSA 10) rate
13.6%
this card · 309 graded
PSA 10 value
$348
if you hit the ten
Grading cost
$29
PSA Value Plus tier
Expected after grade
$58
vs raw ~$7 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…

Trending Up
The Garbologist popped the lid on this card. Liquidity read: 5 recorded sales on file (1 in the last year), trading only a few times a year — a limited-confidence sample. Following the trash: $34 → $31 → $160 → $300 → $350 — a clear march higher. Across the trailing window the median has moved +823% ($300 vs $32). Census check: PSA has graded 136 of this card, and only 13.2% 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.

Value by grade — Base (this card) & other varieties
Base pop 141
PSA 10 $348 pop 18
PSA 9 $70 pop 59
PSA 8 $26 pop 29
PSA 7 $20 pop 11
PSA 6 $20 pop 6
PSA 5 $22 pop 8
PSA 4 $20 pop 5
PSA 3.5 $10
PSA 3 $18 EST.
PSA 2 $16 EST.
PSA 1 $15 EST.
Glossy pop 141
PSA 10 $192 pop 18
PSA 9 $65 pop 59
PSA 8 $24 pop 29
PSA 7 $25 pop 11
PSA 6 $20 pop 6
PSA 5 $25 pop 8
PSA 4 $2 pop 5
PSA 3.5 $31
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