A sticker album is a book in which collectable stickers are stuck into designated sections. Sticker album themes can be sporting events such as the

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. Panini were the first company to release a collectable football sticker doing so in 1961, but coming more prominent with their release of the 1970 World Cup album. Merlin Publishing and

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also notably mass produced sticker albums of a variety of different subjects.

History

Panini first produced a World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Initiating a craze for collecting and trading stickers, UK newspaper ''

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'' states, "the tradition of swapping duplicate orld Cupstickers was a playground fixture during the 1970s and 1980s." A complete 1970 World Cup sticker album signed by Pelé sold for a record £10,450. The stickers are usually sold in blind packs, so the purchaser does not know which stickers they are buying. Collectors then swap or sell their spares with other collectors. When perusing a fellow collector's stickers in order to determine which stickers are of interest, it is usual practice for the prospective recipient to sort through the stack of stickers quickly in their hands, and place them into 2 piles (those of interest, and those which they already possess). Protocol dictates that the sorter must state out loud either "got it" or "need it" as they assess each sticker in turn.

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Sports

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-related sticker album, such as Panini's

edition, have designated sections for each team along with numbered rectangles for each sticker. Each sticker will have the player's picture and below it there is usually their name, birth date, position and birthplace. In addition to the players, there are stickers which bear the team's crest and a team photo. Under its ''Merlin'' brand, since 1994

has held the licence to produce a sticker album for the

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, which is the best selling annual collectable for boys in the UK. According to the

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, the

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album sold 10 million packs in the U.S. alone.

Digital sticker album

In May 2006, Panini partnered with

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and Tokenzone to produce the first virtual sticker album for the

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. For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, three million FIFA.com users took part in the Panini Digital Sticker Album contest. Panini developed an app for the 2018 FIFA World Cup where fans could collect and swap virtual stickers. Five million people gathered digital stickers for the 2018 World Cup.

References

{{Commons category, Sticker albums Association football culture Books by type Memorabilia

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History

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Sports

Digital sticker album

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