Sticker | faveN (Holo) | Rio 2022

This is a Holo autograph sticker for faveN representing BIG from the IEM Rio 2022 collection, released through the Rio 2022 Challengers Autograph Capsule. It is the signed, designer Valve-approved film of the sticker rather than a team or community print.

The sticker carries a Holo finish, which sits above basic paper in the usual finish ladder and is a premium film for the set. Within the family of available films Holo is a clear step up from paper and sits below the most exclusive films used across other drops.

Collectors chase the Holo because it preserves the autograph with a vivid sheen that the paper version lacks, so it draws attention when displayed in an inventory or on a craft. Given the finish_rank label for this piece, the Holo variant is treated as the premium collector option relative to the base design.

The signature is faveN's, tied to his time with BIG, and the sticker's full provenance confirms that autograph provenance across secondary markets. That direct player-team linkage is the primary provenance story collectors care about for autographs.

This sticker was released in the Rio 2022 Challengers Autograph Capsule, which groups it with the other autograph releases from the same IEM Rio 2022 set. Being from that capsule makes it part of a defined autograph run rather than a random promotional drop.

Applied stickers are a one-way mechanic: once put onto a weapon they can be scraped to change appearance and are destroyed if fully removed. Every craft, trade, or sticker application consumes a copy of the clean stock, so the supply of unused examples only shrinks.

The sticker carries a high rarity grade, which places it above common and mid-tier grades and underpins its collector positioning in sticker grade hierarchies. That rarity label is a core reason it gets attention beyond the finish and autograph.

Collectors favor this Holo autograph for visible placement on signature weapons where the sheen complements factory finishes, and the player signature reads clearly against popular skins. Clean, unapplied copies are preferred for crafts because each application burns a unit of stock and visible fidelity matters for display.

This sticker belongs to the IEM Rio 2022 era of releases and follows Valve's autograph capsule pattern for that event, placing it among autograph outputs of that tournament release. Its standing is defined by being a Holo autograph from that specific Rio 2022 capsule rather than by broader scene-era framing.