A raw 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout rookie card, #US175, sells for about $200-300 as of November 2026, a PSA 9 for about $330-390 and a PSA 10 for about $850-1,000, based on eBay sales recorded by SportsCardsPro. His 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft autograph, #BDPP89, sells for about $3,800-5,900 graded, and its one-of-one Superfractor, graded BGS 9 with a 10 autograph, sold for $3.936 million at Goldin in August 2020.
Most Trout rookies in the wild are the plain #US175 base card, printed in large numbers. Demand is steady because he is a three-time AL MVP with 12 All-Star selections, but the card is common, so its value comes down to two things: whether it is a parallel, and whether it is clean enough to grade a 10. Both can be checked at home in a few minutes.
Quick answer
- 2011 Topps Update #US175 base: about $200-300 raw, $330-390 in PSA 9, $500-600 in BGS 9.5, $850-1,000 in PSA 10.
- #US175 parallels: Gold /2011 about $830-1,600 raw; Diamond Anniversary about $500-1,700 raw; Cognac Diamond Anniversary about $740-1,750 raw; Black /60 BGS 9 $23,240; Hope Diamond /60 BGS 9.5 $31,720.
- 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft #BDPP89 autograph: about $3,800-5,600 in PSA 9 and $5,890 in BGS 9.5 (2026). Gold Refractor /50 BGS 9.5: $41,480 (Heritage, October 2026).
- 2011 Bowman Draft #101: about $60-90 raw. 2011 Bowman Chrome Draft #101: about $150-225 in PSA 9.
Which Trout cards count as rookies?
His official rookie cards are from 2011, the year he debuted with the Angels, and the 2011 Topps Update #US175 is the one most collectors mean. His 2009 Bowman cards came out the year he was drafted, before he reached the majors, so they are prospect cards, not rookie cards, even though the autograph is his most valuable early card.
- Read the number on the back. #US175 is the Topps Update rookie. #BDPP89 is the 2009 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects card. #101 is the 2011 Bowman Draft card, in paper or in Chrome. #175 is the 2011 Bowman Chrome rookie.
- Look at the front border and finish. A plain white-bordered card is the base #US175. A gold border with a serial number out of 2011 is the Gold parallel. A sparkling, glittery front is a Diamond Anniversary card; a brown-toned sparkle is Cognac, a light blue sparkle is the Hope Diamond, serial numbered to 60. A black border numbered to 60 is the Black parallel. SportsCardsPro also lists blue-border and red-border retail versions.
- Check for a serial number. Gold, Black and Hope Diamond cards are numbered. The plain base card and the regular Diamond and Cognac Diamond Anniversary cards are not.
- For a 2009 Bowman Chrome card, look for the signature and the shine. The base autograph has a chrome surface and Trout's signature. Refractors have a rainbow sheen and are numbered: Refractor /500, X-fractor /225, Blue /150, Gold /50, Orange /25, Red /5 and the one-of-one Superfractor. Printing plates are also one-of-one.
- Check the Topps logo on a #US175. The Topps logo on the front is stamped in foil. A flat, printed logo is a warning sign, though genuine "missing foil" error cards also exist and sell as errors.
- Judge condition for a 10. Look at centering against the borders, all four corners under a bright light, and the surface at an angle for print lines and scratches. Modern cards that are not near perfect sell close to raw value.
What is a 2011 Topps Update Trout worth?
About $200-300 raw and $850-1,000 in PSA 10 for the base card, more for the parallels. The table uses eBay and Heritage sales recorded by SportsCardsPro, checked on November 2, 2026, with guide values labelled as such.
| Card | Raw | PSA 9 or BGS 9.5 | PSA 10 or top grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #US175 base | About $200-300; damaged copies about $150 | PSA 9: $330-390; BGS 9.5: $500-600 | PSA 10: $850-1,000 in late October 2026 |
| Gold /2011 | About $830-1,600, most $900-1,350 | PSA 9: $1,720-2,700 | Guide value PSA 10 about $7,500 |
| Diamond Anniversary | About $500-1,700, wide spread | Guide value grade 9 about $1,580 | Guide value PSA 10 about $4,460 |
| Cognac Diamond Anniversary | About $740-1,750 | Guide value grade 9 about $1,670 | Guide value PSA 10 about $4,550 |
| Black /60 | Guide value about $6,070 | BGS 9: $23,240 (December 2025) | No recent sales |
| Hope Diamond Anniversary /60 | No recent sales | BGS 8.5: $15,860 (Heritage, July 2025) | BGS 9.5: $31,720 (Heritage, November 2025) |
Apart from the named Heritage results, these ranges come from SportsCardsPro alone, and the Black and Hope Diamond rows rest on one or two sales each.
A Diamond Anniversary card that sold for $3 in August 2026 shows why the raw range is so wide: listings mix real parallels with mislabeled base cards and damaged copies. Price a parallel only after you have confirmed which one it is.
What is the 2009 Bowman Chrome Trout autograph worth?
The base autograph sells for about $3,800-5,900 graded as of November 2026, far below its 2022 peak. SportsCardsPro records PSA 9 sales of $3,829-5,600 in 2026 and a BGS 9.5 at $5,890 in July 2026, against PSA 9 and BGS 9.5 sales of $14,000-17,000 in early 2022. Refractors and colored parallels add a multiple on top.
| Version | Print run | Recent sales |
|---|---|---|
| Autograph (base) | Not numbered | PSA 9: $3,829-5,600 (2026); BGS 9.5: $5,890 (July 2026); raw $2,825-5,555 (2026) |
| Refractor | /500 | PSA 7: $4,750 (February 2025); BGS 9.5: $25,200-54,600 in 2022, few recent sales |
| X-fractor | /225 | BGS 9.5: $25,350-36,588 in 2022, few recent sales |
| Blue Refractor | /150 | PSA 9: $15,000 (August 2024); BGS 9.5: $21,000 (January 2025) |
| Gold Refractor | /50 | BGS 9.5 with 10 autograph: $41,480 (Heritage, October 2026) |
| Printing plate | 1/1 | Magenta plate: $99,000 (Heritage, March 2022) |
| Superfractor | 1/1 | BGS 9, 10 autograph: $3.936 million (Goldin, August 2020) |
Apart from the Superfractor and the named Heritage results, these sales come from SportsCardsPro alone. Most rows are one or two sales, several from 2022, so prices may have moved.
The Superfractor sale, reported by Sports Illustrated, was the highest price paid for any sports card at the time. It is a single card, so no home find will be one, but it explains why every Bowman Chrome Trout parallel draws attention. Counterfeit Bowman Chrome autographs exist, and the serial number and refractor sheen are exactly what fakers copy, so buy any of these graded by PSA, BGS or SGC and look up the cert number on the grader's site.
What are his 2011 Bowman cards worth?
Less than the Topps Update card, because collectors treat #US175 as the flagship rookie. These are SportsCardsPro sales and guide values as of November 2026.
| Card | Raw | PSA 9 | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Bowman Draft #101 | About $60-90 | Guide value about $135 | Guide value about $527 |
| 2011 Bowman Chrome Draft #101 | Guide value about $99 | $150-225 (2026) | Guide value about $608 |
| 2011 Bowman Chrome #175 | About $93-230 | Guide value about $195 | Guide value about $750; one Gem 10 sold for $635 (June 2026) |
The Bowman Draft and Chrome Draft cards have refractor and color parallels too, and those can be worth several times the base card. Check the serial number before pricing.
Should you grade a raw Trout #US175?
Only if it looks like a 10. The decision is simple arithmetic, and the figure below walks through it.
PSA's published fee schedule as of November 2026 lists $59.99 per card at the Standard level for cards valued up to $1,000, with a 70 to 80 business day estimate; its $39.99 Value tier was paused when we checked. Our guides to PSA grading costs and grading a card at home explain how to judge centering and corners before you send anything.
A worked example
Say you pulled a Mike Trout card from a box of 2011 cards you bought as a kid. The back reads US175, the front has a plain white border, and the Topps logo catches the light as foil. Held against a ruler, the left border looks noticeably wider than the right, and one corner shows a white fleck.
That is a genuine base #US175 that will probably grade PSA 8 or 9. Raw, it should sell for about $200-300 on eBay; graded PSA 9 it would bring about $330-390, which leaves little after a $59.99 fee and shipping both ways. Sell it raw, or keep it. Had the borders been even, the corners sharp and the surface clean under a bright light, grading would make sense, since a PSA 10 sold for $850-1,000 in late October 2026. Had the front been gold with a number out of 2011, it would be the Gold parallel, worth about $830-1,600 raw.
How to sell a Mike Trout rookie card
A base #US175 sells every day on eBay, raw at about $200-300 or graded, so list it there with the number, set and grade in the title. Grade only a copy that looks like a 10 under a bright light: a PSA 9 brings $330-390, which leaves little after the $59.99 fee and shipping both ways, while a PSA 10 brought $850-1,000 in late October 2026. A local card shop buying for resale will offer less than an eBay sale nets, and eBay's 13.25 percent plus $0.40 per order leaves about $216 on a $250 raw card and about $780 on a $900 PSA 10.
The parallels and the 2009 Bowman Chrome cards take a different route:
- Gold /2011, Diamond Anniversary and Cognac Diamond Anniversary: single listings, with the serial number or the sparkle photographed at an angle, since raw listings for these mix real parallels with mislabeled base cards
- Black /60, Hope Diamond /60 and any 2009 Bowman Chrome autograph or refractor: graded by PSA, BGS or SGC first, then consigned to Fanatics Collect, Goldin or Heritage, where the Gold Refractor and Hope Diamond results were set
In every listing, show the front flat with all four borders in frame so centering can be judged, the back with the number and any serial, and the front at an angle to show foil, sparkle or refractor sheen. Give the cert number for a graded card. Do not call the 2009 Bowman Chrome card a rookie; it is a prospect card. Do not list a card as a Diamond or Cognac parallel until you have confirmed which it is. Ship in a penny sleeve and a rigid holder inside a bubble mailer.
Common mistakes
- Grading every #US175. Only likely 10s gain much from the fee.
- Pricing a raw "Diamond" or "Cognac" listing without checking which parallel it is.
- Using 2021-2022 prices. The 2009 auto sold for roughly three times today's price at the peak.
- Buying a raw Bowman Chrome auto or refractor. Fakes target exactly these cards.
- Ignoring the serial number. A Gold /2011, Black /60 or Hope Diamond /60 is worth many times the base card.
How WorthPic reads Mike Trout card photos
WorthPic runs on the newest and most capable AI model available, tuned for exactly this kind of identification. From photos of the front and back it reads the card number, the set, the border color and finish, any serial number and the presence of an autograph, which separates the base #US175 from its Gold, Diamond Anniversary, Cognac, Black and Hope Diamond parallels and the 2009 and 2011 Bowman cards. It looks at centering, corners and surface, places a card in a likely grade range and gives an honest value range from recent sales, with a most likely figure. What it cannot know from a photo is whether a signature is genuine, whether a serial number has been altered, or how a card will grade under a loupe. It identifies and estimates. It does not authenticate, grade or appraise. PSA, BGS or SGC settles authenticity and grade.
What to photograph
- The front, straight on and flat, with all four borders in frame, so centering can be judged.
- The back, with the card number and any serial number readable.
- The front at an angle under a bright light, to show foil, sparkle or refractor sheen and any surface scratches.
- Close-ups of all four corners.
- For an autograph, a sharp close-up of the signature.
- For a graded card, the label and cert number.
When to get it looked at in person
A raw base #US175 does not need an expert; the photos and a ruler tell you most of what you need. Any 2009 Bowman Chrome autograph, any numbered parallel and any card you think could be a PSA 10 is worth a second look from a dealer or a card show with on-site grading, and PSA, BGS or SGC settles it. Our trading cards value guide explains the grading tiers and population counts that drive these gaps.
Where to sell: the base card and its PSA 9 and 10 copies sell every day on eBay, which is where the SportsCardsPro prices above come from. eBay's fee page lists 13.25 percent of the sale up to $7,500 for sports trading cards plus $0.40 per order, so a $250 raw card nets about $216 before shipping and a $900 PSA 10 about $780. A local card shop buying for resale will offer less than that. For the Bowman Chrome autographs and the /60 parallels, our guide on how to sell sports cards compares eBay with consignment at Fanatics Collect, Goldin and Heritage, where the Gold Refractor and Hope Diamond results above were set. If you also have other modern stars, the Shohei Ohtani rookie card value guide applies the same grading arithmetic.
Sources
- SportsCardsPro: Mike Trout 2011 Topps Update #US175: raw, PSA 9, BGS 9.5 and PSA 10 sales and guide values; the Gold, Diamond Anniversary, Black and Hope Diamond pages give the parallels.
- SportsCardsPro: 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Mike Trout autograph #BDPP89: graded sales from 2019 to 2026; the refractor, blue and gold refractor pages list those versions.
- Sports Illustrated: Trout rookie card sets record: the $3.936 million Superfractor sale at Goldin in August 2020.
- PSA trading card grading services: per-card fees, declared value limits and turnaround estimates as of November 2026.
- eBay selling fees: final value fee and per order fee for sports trading cards.
- Wikipedia: Mike Trout: three AL MVP awards and 12 All-Star selections.