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Alien Ian #138a 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome · Purple Wave Refractor /250 · PSA 10
Purple Wave Refractor /250
ScarcityNumbered to 250 · 1 in 52–143 packs · PSA has graded 1.6x more base copies
Print run 250, as stated by PSA’s parallel list and geepeekay.com. Topps’ stated pack odds (they differ by box type): Purple Wave Refractor 1:143 / Purple Wave Refractor 1:52. PSA has graded 14 of the base card and 9 of this parallel (all grades). Graded counts are not print runs.
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PSA 10 · 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome →
All grades · value and PSA population
ALIEN IAN ACTIVEno PSA 10 listed on eBay right now
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$5
16 older raw sales used for this value
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Price history · PSA 10
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 popped the lid on this card.
- Only 1 recorded sale on the books — not enough for a trend without kidding ourselves. The last one changed hands at $100 on 2025-03-21.
- 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.
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 1 in 2 copies of 2021 Chrome cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $28 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($77) would leave you about -$15 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $50, is $43 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$5 (typical of 16 older raw sales (newest May 2025)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
45%
all 2021 Chrome cards · 3,613 graded
PSA 10 value
$77
today · ~$77 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$28
today · ~$28 by Feb 12, 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 (all 2021 Chrome cards, 3,613 PSA-graded): 10 · 45%, 9 · 46%, 8 · 7%, 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 Feb 12, 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 (all 2021 Chrome cards, 3,613 PSA-graded): 10 · 45%, 9 · 46%, 8 · 7%, 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 Feb 12, 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.
Alien Ian #138a Purple Wave Refractor /250 Garbage Pail Kids value by grade
| Grade | Value | Sales | PSA pop |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSA 10 | $77 | 1 | 3 |
| PSA 9 | $28 est. | 0 | 6 |
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