Barren Aaron #104b
ATOMIC REFRACTOR /199
ScarcityNumbered to 199 · 1 in 5 packs
Print run 199, as stated by PSA’s parallel list. Topps’ stated pack odds: Atomic Refractor 1:5 Blaster (3 per Blaster box).
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PSA 9 · 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome →
All grades · value and PSA population
BARREN AARON ACTIVEno PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
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Price history · PSA 9
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…
No Sale In 12 Months
Straight from the Garbologist's clipboard:
- 3 recorded sales · 0 in the last year · trades only a few times a year · limited-confidence sample.
- Following the trash: $16 → $20 → $18 — holding a steady range.
- Net-net, nobody has sold this card at this grade in the last 12 months, so the trail above is history, not today's market. We don't call a direction until it sells again.
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.
Barren Aaron — across every card
Subject page →Every Barren Aaron card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 1 in 2 copies of 2020 Chrome Atomicrefractor cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $21 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($49) would leave you about -$43 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $33, is $59 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$4 (typical of 2 raw sales listed on this page)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
48%
2020 Chrome Atomicrefractor cards · 438 graded
PSA 10 value
$49
today · ~$49 by Jan 21, 2027
PSA 9 value
$21
today · ~$21 by Jan 21, 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 (2020 Chrome Atomicrefractor cards, 438 PSA-graded): 10 · 48%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 11%, 7 or lower · 2%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Jan 21, 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 (2020 Chrome Atomicrefractor cards, 438 PSA-graded): 10 · 48%, 9 · 39%, 8 · 11%, 7 or lower · 2%. People send their best copies, so a random raw copy usually grades a bit lower.
Values when it comes back (~95 days, about Jan 21, 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.
