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, which is part of the Panini's 2024 Instant WNBA Draft Night series, 'ranks as the sixth-most expensive recorded sale of a card 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 sells out. Because of heavy interest in Clark collectibles, no drop was needed to find a buyer.'

Panini also sold other variations of Clark cards, ranging from a base card, which has a starting price of $9.999, to a non-autographed variant of the Blue Viper 1/1 card, which sold 'within minutes' for $3,000. 

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. 

Caitlin Clark, 22, has undergone her first WNBA training camp with the Indiana Fever last week

Clark's Blue Viper 1/1 Auto, which is part of the Panini's 2024 Instant WNBA Draft Night series

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-auto variant.'  

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

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

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