Sticker | Rickeh | London 2018

This is a Paper finish autograph sticker for Rickeh, issued for the 2018 FACEIT London event and released as part of the London 2018 Minor Challengers Autograph Capsule. It is a team-linked autograph rather than a community or generic design, and the release notes list Valve as the designer.

Paper is the base film in the finish ladder for this set; it sits below Holo, Foil, Glitter and Gold variants. For collectors that follow finishes, paper is the entry-level appearance and the visual character is matte and straightforward compared with the reflective premiums higher up the ladder.

Market-wise this sticker is positioned in the budget bracket, which means it trades on the inexpensive side relative to mid and premium items from the same set. That bracket placement signals easier access for collectors and traders, and also explains why fresh stock can move without heavy barrier to entry.

The autograph is Rickeh's and the sticker is tied to his Rogue roster listing from the release metadata, so provenance is clean and complete on the record. That signed link - player plus team - is what anchors this sticker to a specific identity and makes it more than a decorative decal.

It was distributed in the London 2018 Minor Challengers Autograph Capsule, which groups this sticker with the other challenger autographs from the same event. Capsule origin matters because it determines the sticker's set siblings and the initial print pathway collectors track.

Applied stickers become part of the weapon skin: scraping will thin the film progressively and removing a sticker destroys it, so applied copies are effectively one-way changes. Every craft or sticker application that consumes a copy reduces clean stock, so the pool of fresh, unapplied stickers only gets smaller over time.

The sticker is graded High Grade, placing it on the lower end of the rarity ladder beneath the top-tier grades. That grade underpins collector expectations for how often clean examples appear and sets a baseline for how the sticker is cataloged among other autographs.

On a weapon this paper autograph reads plainly; collectors often pick craft targets where matte films sit well with a skin's texture and colorway. Paper signatures are useful for crafts when you want a discreet, authentic look rather than the flash of higher finishes, and that utility is why certain buyers prefer paper autographs for specific loadouts.

This release belongs to the 2018 FACEIT London lineage and comes from the late 2010s wave of event autograph capsules. As part of the London 2018 Minor Challengers Autograph Capsule it sits alongside other challenger-era autographs and functions as a snapshot of that event's autograph offerings.