Keep the original.
Original photographs, printed artwork and visible condition stay part of the record. Isolated covers and sticker presentation crops are separate display derivatives, linked back to the original photographic evidence.
Sticker Album Club / About the ArchiveCollected by people.
Collected by people.
Preserved for everyone.
Someone opened the packets, searched for the missing stickers and gradually brought those pages to life.
Years later, original albums preserve a moment in football, entertainment and collecting culture. Sticker Album Club photographs these physical objects and makes their contents easier to discover.
Real albums.
A history you can follow.
Start with an original sticker. Find its album, its historical team or subject, and the photograph that documents it. Where an identity has been reviewed, follow its connection to other editions and a supported biography.
Physical object→Original photograph→Sticker appearance→Connected history
Follow an original sticker ↗Let the evidence lead.
A player’s printed appearance is specific to an edition. It is not a complete season roster. Matching names stay separate until an identity link has been reviewed; unfinished research stays visible.
Beyond one owner.
A physical copy may change hands. Its permanent edition record, photographs and historical context are kept separate from copy-level condition and sale availability.
The collection today / live index
88 original collections.
Across football, films, television and animation. Physical completeness, photographic coverage, research transcription and image mapping are separate records.
- Indexed edition entries
- 27,044
- Source-linked sticker images
- 25,105
How we describe evidence and uncertainty
Owner-reported completeness, printed captions, photographic observations, edition-specific references and historical research are recorded distinctly. A complete physical collection can still have unfinished transcription or player-image mapping. Companion objects and complete loose sets retain their own recorded status.
Wikipedia and Wikidata links are supporting identity references. They do not replace an original sticker, certify a physical object or independently establish its market edition. No formal publisher endorsement or professional grading is implied.
Reproduction and publication permissions are separate from ownership of an object. Page artwork, photographs of printed material, trademarks and external assets retain their respective rights and attribution requirements. Public publication and commercial reuse remain subject to review.
The first photographic intake · preserved audit
This historical audit describes the original 19-collection Master v7 intake, rather than the full collection shown above.
- Original master asset registrations
- 454
- Matched distinct originals
- 452
Two Transformers group photographs legitimately serve both collections. Original registrations and their uncertainties remain preserved. Later imports and reviewed presentation derivatives are documented separately.
Legacy intake limitations
The original intake recorded 112 unregistered image hashes and 1,266 sticker positions with unresolved legacy source identifiers. These are historical intake figures, not current whole-archive coverage totals. Master v7 itself has no sticker-to-canonical-person links; later reviewed identity connections are stored additively.
Two shared vintage Transformers registrations lacked their own observations. Companion poster and display-box records could overlap, and the initial intake had only one permanent SAC inventory identifier. These source records and review questions are retained.
Preserved intake checksums
Master v7
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