Bobby Witt Jr.

His first card of any kind, released March 2018 in USA Baseball 17U national-team kit, fifteen months before the Royals drafted him. It is also his first autograph, his first serial-numbered card, and his first national-team card, with Black Ink /25, Red Ink /10, and Green Ink /5 parallels above the /181 base.

The chase card of his prospect years and the most recognized Witt autograph in the hobby. The Superfractor one-of-one sold for $43,200 at Heritage Auctions.

His first patch autograph from a premium brand, numbered to 10 and branded by Panini as a Prospect Patch Auto since he had not yet reached the majors. A 2020 National Treasures patch autograph, also numbered to 10, sits alongside it at the top of his patch market.

His flagship rookie card and the first Witt card to carry the official MLB rookie card logo. Short-printed image variations exist alongside the base photo, including batting stance and mid-swing shots that trade well above it.

His first autographed memorabilia card, from the same March 2018 release as his first card. Collectors routinely credit the December 2018 Leaf Perfect Game issue as his first patch autograph, but this one predates it by nine months. The /199 base carries a jersey swatch; the Prime /16 and USA BB Patch /3 parallels carry true patches.

His first Topps card of any kind, a print-to-order release from the company's November 2019 top prospects program that closed at 722 copies. With Topps holding him out of 2019 Bowman Draft, this was the only Witt card Topps issued that year.

An early unlicensed draft-year autograph numbered to 30, issued after the Royals selected him second overall. Scarce enough that individual sales draw attention well above the rest of his pre-Bowman autograph market.

His first Bowman card, arriving in May 2020 rather than the 2019 Bowman Draft release where a second overall pick would normally debut. A Bowman 1st Edition version of the same card released separately.

His first chrome Bowman card and the reference point for his prospect-era market. Despite the Chrome branding it came out of 2020 Bowman packs in May, not the September Bowman Chrome release, whose prospect run starts at BCP-151 and lists him as BCP-160. Refractor parallels run from base through the one-of-one Superfractor.

His second certified autograph, issued in December 2018 in USA Baseball 18U kit and numbered to 99. Frequently mistaken for his first autograph because it is the more widely traded of his two pre-draft Panini signatures.

His first memorabilia card without an autograph, a jumbo national-team swatch numbered to 25 from the March 2019 release. A Jumbo Team Logo one-of-one exists above it. No non-autographed relic of his appears in any earlier product.

His MLB debut card, produced to order during a short sales window in April 2022 and closing at 20,907 copies. The highest print run of any card in this set and the most accessible entry point to it.

His chrome rookie card, closing the loop on a Bowman run that began with his 2020 prospect cards. Refractor parallels run from a /499 base refractor down through numbered color tiers.