Who is the person behind this item?
This 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Superfractor Autograph card features Michael Nelson Trout.
Mike Trout (born August 7, 1991, Vineland, New Jersey, United States) is an American professional baseball center fielder. He’s one of the sport’s top all-around players in the early twenty-first century.
Trout was a baseball standout at Millville High School in Millville, New Jersey. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected him as the 25th overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.
After a brief stint in the minor levels, he got an award of J.G. Before making his full-season major-league debut in 2012, he won the Taylor Spink Award as the top player.
He went on to have an outstanding rookie season, leading the American League (A.L.) in runs scored (129) and stolen bases (49) while hitting .326.
Why is this item so rare?
Mike Trout is widely regarded as the greatest baseball player, evidenced by his signing of the biggest deal in baseball history in 2019.
The SuperFractor is the rarest Refractor variation. It’s a card with a one-of-a-kind production run with a serial number of 1/1 (or “01/01,” “001/001,” or “One-of-One”).
The 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Superfractor designs, in particular, have already surpassed previously unheard-of highs in value: this piece’s counterpart, a “Red Refractor,” serial-numbered “5/5.
How much is it worth today?
An unknown bidder paid $3.936 million for a rare Mike Trout-autographed baseball card during an online auction on Saturday night. Breaking the record for the highest-selling sports card of all time.
The Trout card is in immaculate condition, graded a Mint 9 by Beckett Grading Service. And has a certified autograph issue emblem attesting to the signature’s legitimacy.
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