The five coolest autographs in Leaf Red Carpet

Leaf Red Carpet, released earlier this week, is one of the more interesting products that has been released in quite some time. Leaf is always up to something awesome and Red Carpet feels like a Magnum Opus level product. It is the highest of high end sets in terms of both cost and presentation but comes with some truly wild autographs, coming in the form of singles, doubles, even ranging up to eight autographs on a single card, which is a classic Leaf move. 

It is chock full of celebrity autos from the last several decades of entertainment, and even features redemptions for some incredible signed pieces of memorabilia. Instead of those though, I am focusing on my personal favorite auto groupings you can find in this set. 

Chris Hemsworth / Natalie Portman

The star power of this dual auto is off the charts, as two of the biggest names across the Marvel Cinematic Universe are portrayed here together. While Chris Hemsworth might be best known as Thor, he has proven through the year to be one of the most coveted Marvel stars when it comes to pulling autographs and pairing him with someone with the star power of not only Jane Foster, but Queen Padme Amidala and so much more cranks this dual way up the rankings when compared to even some of the triple, quad, and more auto groupings. 

Ralph Fiennes / Helena Bonham Carter / Jason Isaacs Triple Auto

This would be a great collectable piece for any Harry Potter fan as the trio of Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, and Jason Isaacs represent the antagonistic trio of the Harry Potter franchise, in Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Lucius Malfoy. All three of these actors carry a ton of prestige outside of the Harry Potter franchise as well, all having notable other roles across other franchises. The villains of Harry Potter are one of the franchise’s strengths and getting the three big villains here makes this a more evil type of fun. 

Bud Abbott / Lou Costello Dual Auto

Having a dual autograph with both of the signatures being cut-autos is interesting enough, and then you add in that the duo here both passed away before 1980 and you’ve got yourself a pretty unique collectible. While these two have many good comedy sketches together, the one that always gets me is of course the “Who’s on first?” routine that is probably their most known bit. It is such an iconic scene and especially given how old these autos have to be, it would be such a fun thing to add to a collection. 

Charlie Sheen / Corbin Bernsen / Chelcie Ross Triple Auto

Keeping things consistent with the theme of baseball comedy, Major League is an all-time great sports movie and the three autos on here represent a good chunk of the main cast. Charlie Sheen is obviously the big pull here and Ricky Vaughn probably isn’t his most famous role, but the same could arguably said for Corbin Bernsen, as fans of the show Psych will be more familiar with Henry Spencer than Roger Dorn. Chelcie Ross is a fun inclusion here as well, as he has some of the funniest lines in Major League in his role as Ed Harris. 

Ian McKellen / Halle Berry / Ray Park / Famke Janssen / Kelsey Grammer Quintet Auto

The X-Men movies are my personal favorites of anything with the Marvel tag, so seeing five highly notable signers from the original X-Men movies is incredibly cool. Ian McKellen is obviously the biggest draw here, portraying Magneto in the movies, but also most known as Gandalf from Lord of the Rings, on top of many other roles. Halle Berry is also not lacking star power either, same for Ray Park who may be better known as Darth Maul in Phantom Menace, Famke Janssen from the Taken series, and Kelsey Grammer from both Cheers and Frazier. As is the case for almost everything in this product, there are some truly wonderful collection pieces in here and this for me would be the Grail pull. While it would be nice to see Patrick Stewart or Hugh Jackman on the card, even without them it is still quite impressive. 

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Everyone’s list of favorite autographs from this set will look very different but there is truly enough here for everyone to like something, which is always the coolest part of life. Typically avoiding the check list for Leaf products leads to the most enjoyment because it feels like a true mystery box where anything is possible, but for this one, knowing all the possibilities beforehand only increases the prestige of it.