Sticker | sl3nd | Shanghai 2024

This is a Paper autograph sticker: sl3nd's signed piece released as part of the Shanghai 2024 Contenders Autograph Capsule for Perfect World Shanghai 2024. It is an in-set autographed collectible rather than a team-only or community graphic, with Valve listed as the designer.

Paper is the base film for this set and sits below premium films like Holo, Foil, Glitter and specialty finishes such as Gold or Lenticular. As a Paper autograph it is the entry-level finish in the finish ladder for its siblings, so expect the visual and rarity hierarchy to follow that familiar order.

The sticker is placed in the budget tier, which signals modest market expectations compared with mid or premium tiers. Given its budget label and a thin-market profile, liquidity is lighter and collectors commonly view pieces like this as accessible autograph entries rather than headline investments.

The autograph belongs to sl3nd and it ties this sticker directly to GamerLegion and their appearance at Perfect World Shanghai 2024. Full provenance on the piece strengthens that connection for collectors who prioritize signed provenance over unsigned alternatives.

This sticker originates from the Shanghai 2024 Contenders Autograph Capsule, so it sits alongside the other autographs released under that capsule banner. That origin groups it with the capsule's autograph lineup and determines the immediate pool of comparable pieces.

Once applied to a weapon a sticker can be scraped thinner and it will be destroyed if removed; crafting any variant consumes a copy. Clean, unapplied stock is finite and every application or craft reduces what remains available.

The sticker is graded High Grade, placing it within the common-to-mid sticker grade ladder below rarer grades such as Contraband. That grade underpins expectations about how many were printed and how it slots among other graded offerings in the same set.

Collectors favor autograph finishes for crafts because signatures frame a weapon build and read cleanly at typical placement spots like the receiver or magazine well. Paper autographs carry that appeal but are less visually dominant than premium films, so they work well when the goal is an understated signed craft that keeps focus on a specific weapon skin.

This piece belongs to the Shanghai 2024 wave of releases and sits with the Contenders autograph lineage for that event. As a post-2020s autograph release it reflects Valve's continued use of capsule-based autograph drops and slots into the ongoing cadence of event-linked autograph offerings.