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Meltin' Melissa #28b 2020 Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition · Pink · PSA 9
Pink
Scarcity8 parallels: print runs and odds
PSA pop2
All grades · value and PSA population
MELTIN' MELISSA ACTIVEno PSA 9 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$600
1 older raw sale used for this value
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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…
Too Thin To Call
The Garbologist sniffed around the sales pile.
- Nobody's actually sold this exact card and grade on record, so there's no live market to read — the price you see is a modeled estimate, not a realized sale.
- With this little to go on, the honest answer is we can't call a 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.
Meltin' Melissa — across every card
Subject page →Every Meltin' Melissa card we track — how the character is moving, not just this one grade.
🧬 Should I slab it?
Grade itAbout 7 in 10 copies of 2020 Sapphire Edition Pink cards get a 10; across every grade, a graded copy should be worth about $1,309, more than the $122 it costs to grade plus the $600 raw copy you give up.
Expected value if graded$1,187 (after $122 all-in cost)
Raw value today$600 (typical of 1 older raw sale (newest Aug 2025)
VerdictGrade it
Grading pays even without a 10.
Chance of a PSA 10
74%
2020 Sapphire Edition Pink cards · 658 graded
PSA 10 value
$1,443
today · ~$1,443 by Feb 13, 2027
PSA 9 value
$974
today · ~$974 by Feb 13, 2027
All-in cost
$122
PSA fee $80 + shipping both ways $42
How these numbers work
All-in cost $122: PSA Priority tier fee $80 per card, insured shipping to PSA ~$12, PSA insured return shipping ~$30. Sending it to your PSA Vault instead skips return shipping (vault intake and storage are free): ~$92 all-in, so a graded copy would net ~$1,217.
Grade odds (2020 Sapphire Edition Pink cards, 658 PSA-graded): 10 · 74%, 9 · 24%, 8 · 2%, 7 or lower · <1%. 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 (2020 Sapphire Edition Pink cards, 658 PSA-graded): 10 · 74%, 9 · 24%, 8 · 2%, 7 or lower · <1%. 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.
