Sticker | NEO (Gold) | Cluj-Napoca 2015

This is the Gold autograph of NEO for Virtus.Pro from the 2015 DreamHack Cluj-Napoca standalone capsule, produced by Valve. It is an autograph sticker rather than a team or community release, and it bears the Exotic rarity classification used for premium event pieces.

Gold sits at the top of the finish ladder for set films, above paper, holo, foil and glitter variants. Within this capsule the Gold finish is the premium film and is treated as the highest visual tier collectors chase for showpieces.

Collectors prize the Gold film because it elevates the same signature into a different rarity and presence on a weapon; the finish_rank positions it above base films, making it the choice when someone wants the most distinctive example of the design. That elevated standing is why demand clusters around Gold copies while paper siblings remain the everyday option.

The sticker carries NEO's autograph and ties directly to his Virtus.Pro identity, a pairing that drives provenance-based interest. With full provenance present, collectors can be confident the signature is the intended autograph for this player and team pairing.

This sticker belongs to the 2015 DreamHack Cluj-Napoca capsule. Event provenance anchors the sticker to that release and is often the first thing collectors cite when describing why a copy matters.

Gold autographs like this leave the capsule and turn up in the market as unopened drops, trades, and sales from private holders; standalone capsule status means supply comes directly from that release and whatever stock has survived since. Over time clean, unapplied copies thin as people apply, trade, or keep examples in collections.

Applied stickers can be scraped to reduce their visibility and will be destroyed if someone chooses to remove them, and every craft consumes a copy. Clean, unused stock therefore only ever gets smaller as stickers are applied or consumed in crafting.

This sticker is flagged as Exotic and carries a high rarity tier, placing it among the collection grades that are considered rare within a set. That grading underpins collector attention and separates it from common or baseline grades in the capsule.

Gold autographs are often chosen for showcase crafts because the premium film and signature read well on high-contrast weapons; collectors will pick placement that keeps the signature visible and the Gold film unobstructed. Those successful crafts then feed demand for similar Gold copies, especially for notable player-team combinations.

As the Gold Autograph for NEO within the Cluj-Napoca 2015 standalone capsule, this piece sits above the paper and mid-tier finishes in the capsule's hierarchy and functions as the premium autograph slot for that player. Its relationship to sibling finishes is straightforward: same artwork and signature, different film ladder position.