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Roy Bot #AN5a 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome · Gold Refractor /50 · PSA 9
Gold Refractor /50
ScarcityNumbered to 50 · 1 in 166 packs
Print run 50, as stated by PSA’s parallel list and a published checklist and geepeekay.com. Topps’ stated pack odds: Gold Refractor 1:166.
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PSA 9 · 2021 Garbage Pail Kids Chrome →
All grades · value and PSA population
RAW (UNGRADED) — NOT A GRADED VALUE
$9
5 raw sales 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.
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🧬 Should I slab it?
Keep it rawAbout 5 in 10 copies of 2021 Chrome Goldrefractor cards get a 10, and a 9 is worth $37 — less than the $92 it costs to grade. Even a 10 ($88) would leave you about -$4 after costs, not more than raw.
Expected value if gradedunder $0 (the likely slab, $62, is $30 short of the $92 all-in cost)
Raw value today$9 (from 5 raw sales)
VerdictKeep it raw
Even a PSA 10 would not beat the raw value.
Chance of a PSA 10
50%
2021 Chrome Goldrefractor cards · 213 graded
PSA 10 value
$88
today · ~$88 by Feb 12, 2027
PSA 9 value
$37
today · ~$37 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 (2021 Chrome Goldrefractor cards, 213 PSA-graded): 10 · 50%, 9 · 46%, 8 · 4%, 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 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 (2021 Chrome Goldrefractor cards, 213 PSA-graded): 10 · 50%, 9 · 46%, 8 · 4%, 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 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.
