BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s government has joined the squabble between shop owners and the local manufacturers of popular but scarce World Cup sticker albums.

Argentina's government has joined the squabble between shop owners and the local manufacturers of popular but scarce World Cup sticker albums. Fans of the game in the South American nation have ...

The stickers, a World Cup tradition for decades, are few and far between in Buenos Aires. On Tuesday afternoon, Argentina’s commerce secretary convened the sticker manufacturer, Italian firm Panini ...

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Panini Argentina, the local subsidiary of the Italian firm that first sold World Cup stickers in 1970, said there was no shortage. “There’s a much higher demand,” the company said in a ...

The £115,000 paid for the Messi sticker is £355,000 less than the most expensive Panini sticker ever sold. That was for one of Diego Maradona from 1980 that was bought for £470,000 at auction ...

Completing the 600-sticker album could cost an estimated 20 000 pesos, a steep amount in a country facing deep inflation and a serious economic crisis. "The full cost of filling the album is a lot.

Argentina's government has joined the squabble between shop owners and the local manufacturers of popular but scarce World Cup sticker albums. Soccer fans in the South American nation have struggled ...

Lucas Perrone, 39, pastes soccer World Cup stickers with his kids in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian) ...