Caitlin Clark’s first pro sports memorabilia item sells for $10,000 ahead of her WNBA debut

Caitlin Clark’s first professional trading card has sold for $10,000, just weeks before her WNBA debut and after she was drafted by the Indiana Fever as the first overall pick of the 2024 class.

The Clark Blue Viper 1/1 Auto, part of Panini’s 2024 Instant WNBA Draft Night series, “is the sixth most expensive recorded card sale for the Iowa superstar,” according to cllct.

‘It was sold in a Dutch auction format, with the price dropping every five minutes until the product was sold out. Due to the high interest in Clark collectibles, it didn’t take a drop to find a buyer.”

Panini also sold other variants of Clark cards, ranging from a base card, which has a starting price of $9,999, to an unsigned variant of the Blue Viper 1/1 card, which sold for $3,000 “within minutes” .

Other WNBA players with their own cards were also part of the sale, including the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, as well as Rickea Jackson, Jacy Sheldon, Nika Muhl, Cameron Brink and Alissa Pili.

The two other players with the most expensive top cards (the Blue Viper 1/1 Auto) were Angel Reese ($1,500) and Cameron Brink ($1,000).

According to cllct, Reese’s $1,500 Blue Viper 1/1 Auto “sold before any price drop, as did her $350 non-automatic variant.”

Clark, who was introduced to Indiana Pacers fans last week in the first round of the team’s playoff games against the Milwaukee Bucks, is undergoing her first WNBA training camp for the Fever before making her expected league debut on May 14 against the Connecticut Sun makes. and Fever are under the same ownership group.

About 2.45 million people tuned into the WNBA draft to see Clark being drafted on April 15.

The 22-year-old former Iowa point guard led the Lady Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA Championships appearances during her four years in Des Moines. She is now the NCAA Div. 1 all-time scoring leader in both men’s and women’s basketball.