In April, the Indiana Fever had the highest general choose within the WNBA Draft for a second consecutive 12 months.
The franchise elected to make use of the extremely coveted choose on Caitlin Clark, which added the consensus prime prospect to its roster.
Whereas WNBA Draft rookie playing cards have sometimes been manufactured yearly, Clark’s card has commanded an unusually excessive worth.
The cardboard bought at an public sale for an estimated $84,000.
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Caitlin Clark speaks at a press convention after she was chosen with the No. 1 general choose by the Indiana Fever within the 2024 WNBA Draft on the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 15, 2024. (Vincent Carchietta/USA At this time Sports activities)
The one-of-a-kind card additionally options Clark’s autograph.
Clark’s card surpassed the document for the priciest ladies’s basketball card on document, which was set earlier this 12 months when somebody handed over $78,000 for an autographed 2022 Bowman College Caitlin Clark Superfractor.
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Clark’s extremely sought WNBA draft rookie card reveals Clark standing on a stage and posing for a photograph as she holds her Fever jersey moments after her identify was referred to as on the draft.
Caitlin Clark poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert after she was chosen with the No. 1 general choose by the Indiana Fever within the 2024 WNBA Draft on the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 15, 2024. (Brad Penner/USA At this time Sports activities)
The “Blue Viper” variation of Clark’s Panini Instantaneous branded card is the primary time she was featured on a card with a Fever jersey.
It turns into the second-highest promoting card in ladies’s sports activities historical past. Greater than twenty years in the past, tennis icon Serena Williams‘ NetPro autograph patch card bought for $266,400. The cardboard included a chunk of one among Williams’ match-worn tennis outfits.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark indicators mini basketballs for followers after a sport towards the Dallas Wings in Indianapolis Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)
After the Fever completed the 2023 season with 13 wins and didn’t qualify for the postseason, Clark, Kelsey Mitchell and 2023 prime draft choose Aliyah Boston helped reverse the franchise’s fortunes. Indiana ended the 2024 common season with a 20-20 document.
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Clark completed the common season averaging 19.2 factors, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds per sport. Her help common was the best within the league in 2024. Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun averaged 7.9 assists per sport, which ranked second within the WNBA this season.
Clark and the Fever lately clinched a playoff berth. Indiana’s first-round collection towards the Solar begins Sunday.
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Chantz Martin is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital.
