Sticker | XANTARES (Foil) | Katowice 2019

This is the Foil autograph of XANTARES tied to the 2019 IEM Katowice set: an in-game Autograph sticker carrying the player signature and the team paint of BIG. It's a set-piece from the tournament lineup, released under Valve's design and issued from the specific Katowice 2019 Legends Autograph Capsule.

The sticker uses the Foil film, which sits above the base Paper layer in the finish ladder and is treated as one of the premium finishes for the set. In the hierarchy of films you encounter across stickers, Foil sits under the absolute top-tier finishes but clearly ahead of Paper in collectability and visual impact.

Collectors prize the Foil version because it amplifies the autograph and holds better on aggressive crafts than a Paper copy; the reflective surface gives signatures more presence. Given its premium finish rank, Foil copies are the version most players who want a signed look will seek out ahead of the base print.

This sticker sits in the mid bracket of the market's price structure, making it accessible relative to premium grails but above budget paper alternatives. For someone building a collection around signed foils or crafting a playable BIG-themed loadout, it's a pragmatic middle ground.

The autograph is XANTARES, paired with his BIG team marking on the sticker. That full provenance - player plus team - is what ties the signature to a specific competitive identity and is the primary provenance collectors look for when valuing autographs.

The sticker is tied to 2019 IEM Katowice and carries that event provenance directly on the art and metadata. Event provenance is what places a signature in a particular release window, which matters to collectors tracking player prints by tournament.

This piece was released in the Katowice 2019 Legends Autograph Capsule, so its siblings are the other autograph prints issued in that same drop. Being from a dedicated autograph capsule frames it with a known sibling set rather than the general community or team capsules.

Applied to a weapon the sticker will wear: each scrape thins the film and aggressive abrasion can remove it entirely, and every time you craft a sticker onto a skin you consume a copy from supply. Clean, unapplied stock only shrinks over time as collectors and crafters use up available copies.

The sticker carries a Remarkable grade and sits in the mid band of rarity tiers, which underpins moderate scarcity within the broader sticker ecosystem. That grade is part of why collectors treat it as a meaningful, but not ultra-rare, autograph target.

Collectors favor Foil autographs like this for crafts where the reflective signature will catch the light on a popular weapon face or sleeve, and placement choices often aim to maximize signature visibility. Demand for clean, well-placed crafts on weapons with complementary finishes feeds back into why certain Foil autographs maintain steady attention.

As a 2019 IEM Katowice release, this sticker sits in the latter half of the decade's tournament output and reflects Valve's autograph capsule structure from that period. Its release era shapes collector expectations about print runs, sibling autographs, and the kinds of finishes offered at the time.