Sticker | DavCost (Gold) | Cluj-Napoca 2015

This is the Gold Autograph for DavCost, a team autograph bearing the Flipsid3 Tactics signature, released within the Cluj-Napoca 2015 set by Valve. It is a standalone capsule piece, presented as the premium film version of the player's signature design.

Gold sits at the apex of the finish ladder for sticker films, above paper, holo, foil and glitter in the usual hierarchy. Within this set the Gold finish functions as the top film, visually and qualitatively separate from the base paper offering.

Collectors pursue Gold for its scarcity and the prestige of the top-tier film; it reads as the definitive version of a signature. Because it out-ranks the base film, Gold copies attract collectors who want the cleanest, rarest presentation of the DavCost autograph.

The sticker carries DavCost's autograph and is explicitly tied to his tenure with Flipsid3 Tactics, giving the piece direct provenance to that player and roster. Full provenance on this print strengthens collector confidence in attribution and authenticity.

This sticker belongs to the 2015 DreamHack Cluj-Napoca set and is stamped with that event provenance as part of its identity. Event provenance matters because it locks the signature to that release and to the capsule it dropped from.

As a standalone capsule release, this Gold Autograph reaches the market through capsule openings and secondary listings; surviving clean stock filters into listings while applied copies re-enter circulation only when owners sell used weapons. Supply is shaped by how many Gold copies were released and how many remain untouched in collectors' hands.

Applied stickers adhere to a weapon and can be scraped to thin their appearance; removing a sticker destroys it. Any craft that uses this sticker will consume a copy, so intact, clean examples are the supply that gradually shrinks.

This piece is graded as Exotic and sits in the high rarity tier, placing it well above the common sticker grades. That rarity underpins its collector appeal and positions it among the scarcer autographs from the set.

Gold autographs are chosen for crafts when collectors want a showpiece signature to anchor a skin, where the high-end finish complements premium placements. The visual weight of a Gold autograph on a top-tier weapon often drives targeted demand for clean, well-centered copies.

As part of the 2015 DreamHack Cluj-Napoca release, this sticker sits in the mid-era wave of Valve-issued autograph sets and reflects the design language Valve used then. Its release context and the fact it carries Valve production credits anchor it as a recognizable piece from that period.