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Panini: First ever World Cup Sticker album up for sale
Image source, Gildings Auctioneers
A copy of the first ever Panini World Cup sticker album is going up for sale.
The album came out in 1970 and features stickers and cards of footballing legends like England's Bobby Charlton, Germany's Franz Beckenbauer, Portugal's Eus茅bio and Brazil's Pel茅.
The completed album was given as a 12th birthday present to Andrew Knott from his aunt.
Now aged 65, Mr Knott has decided to sell the album at an auction, where they think it could sell for up to 拢1,800.
Image source, Gildings Auctioneers
Panini - the company who make the famous collectible sticker albums - was founded in Italy in 1961 by two brothers, and the 1970 World Cup sticker album was the first one it sold around the world.
Auctioneer Will Gilding said Mr Knott's sticker album was a "rare piece of World Cup memorabilia".
Take a look at some of these other amazing stickers and cards that sold at auction...
World's most expensive Panini album
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Back in 2017 this 1970 Panini World Cup sticker album sold for a whopping 拢10,450 at auction making it the most expensive Panini album in the world.
The album contains all 271 of the original cards and stickers, but features an even more special addition...
It was signed twice by Brazilian football legend Pele - whose team went on to win the World Cup that year.
Now if you thought that was impressive then take a look at the most expensive individual Panini sticker to be sold...
Most expensive Panini sticker
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A sticker of Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona sold for 拢470,000 at an auction in 2021!
The sticker was from when Maradona was just 19 years old and played for Argentinos Juniors in Argentina, before he moved to play in Europe, for Barcelona and Napoli, and became a superstar.
The 'rookie' sticker is highly prized by collectors because of how rare it is, and because it was the first time Maradona featured in a Panini album- the Calciatori 1979-80 album.
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More recently, in 2022 a sticker of another Argentinian legend, Lionel Messi, sold for 拢115,000 at auction.
Messi's sticker was part of Panini's 2014 World Cup collection which made special one-off versions of each player's sticker, adding in things like different coloured borders to make each sticker unique.
Most expensive sports card in the world
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This card of famous US baseball player Mickey Mantle became the first trading card to sell for eight figures!
Mickey Mantle's 1952 Topps rookie card sold for a whopping $12,600,000 (around 拢10,810,000) back in 2022.
The reason it sold for so much, was because it was the best-condition version of the card to ever come up for sale - 9.5 out of 10.
Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees, and is said to have been one of the greatest baseball players of all time.