Sticker | sh1ro (Champion) | Shanghai 2024

This is a Paper finish autograph sticker for sh1ro, issued as the Champion variant from Perfect World Shanghai 2024 for Team Spirit. It is an event autograph, not a team or community non-autograph, so its identity is driven by the player's signature rather than a generic team logo.

Paper sits at the base of the finish ladder for this set: the entry film collectors expect to find most frequently. Above Paper come the various premium films in the capsule hierarchy, with Paper providing the plain, matte look that contrasts with the more visually prominent Holos, Foils, and Golds.

Labeled in the budget bracket, this sticker occupies the lower end of the market ladder for Shanghai 2024 autographs, which makes it accessible to collectors building sets or those who want a player signature without chasing premium films. Because the market for these copies is thin, it behaves differently than high-liquidity autographs.

The autograph is sh1ro's and it carries Team Spirit provenance, which ties the sticker directly to the player's identity and roster branding. Full provenance is already a meaningful attribute for collectors who prioritize verified player signatures over unbranded or community items.

This piece was released in the Shanghai 2024 Champions Autograph Capsule, so its siblings are the other Champion autographs from that capsule. That origin places it clearly within the capsule's autograph group rather than among general souvenir or team sticker drops.

Apply a sticker to a weapon and its stock becomes thinner; scraping reduces the film and removing it destroys the sticker outright. Every craft consumes a copy from clean stock, so the population of unapplied, mint examples only shrinks over time.

Classed as High Grade, this sticker sits near the lower end of the rarity ladder that runs up to Contraband. That grade sets expectations about how common clean copies are compared with scarcer sticker grades in the same capsule.

Paper autographs like this one are most often used by collectors who want a clear signature without the visual noise of holographic films; they sit flat on most finishes and pair well with subdued skins. Because it's an autograph, thoughtful placement over a plain weapon face preserves the signature legibility and is the usual route when crafting.

This sticker belongs to the Perfect World Shanghai 2024 era of drops and reflects the autograph-focused capsules Valve issued around that time. As a post-Shanghai 2024 autograph, it is part of the ongoing run of event autographs rather than an older fixed-print series from earlier collectible epochs.