Got one! I'd been keeping an eye out for an Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy football card for a few years now. Leaf recently put out a few in the old 1989 Pro Set design. I thought it looked pretty cool, and ponied up for one.
Mine is #'d 42/99 (ooh, the Jackie Robinson eBay 1/1!) It's easily the most I've ever paid for a stickergraph-- I'm one of those guys who vastly prefers on-card signatures-- but in this instance, I'll let it slide.
I loved Married... with Children as a kid/teen back in the day and have recently been watching through the series again via Hulu with my wife. The whole running gag about Al Bundy being a former high school football star (including 4 touchdowns in one game!) is pretty great, and this card is right up my alley as someone who enjoys making customs along these lines. (See also my Perfect Strangers customs from a few years back.)
Ed O'Neill is known more recently for his role of Jay Pritchett on Modern Family, another show I like. This is the second auto card I've scored from the cast of that show, joining the Sarah Hyland ("Haley Dunphy") I picked up a year ago. Now I'm kinda curious who else from that show has certified autograph cards out there to track down.. but honestly I'm more likely to turn my focus on finding a Christina Applegate auto for a decent price.
Thanks for stopping by.
Great card, and I like that they brought back the Pro Set design. When I first saw it I thought it was one of your customs.
ReplyDeleteAl Bundy was great. Along the lines of a Archie Bunker and Coach Hayden Fox (my favorite).
ReplyDeleteI had a buddy who was going to grab me one, had an issue when he went for payment and they sold out before he could click on it. I had a nice card I was trading him for it to lol. I hope to land a O'Neil auto at some point. They are not plentiful
ReplyDeleteKudos to Leaf for creating something like this. I won an Upper Deck Ed O'Neill autograph over on Wax Heaven's blog years ago. Hadn't even thought of that card until I saw your autograph. That's the thing... sometimes cards get buried and go unappreciated until we dig them back up.
ReplyDeleteWhoooaaa Bundy! A few years ago I learned that a young Ed O'Neill had a tryout with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and almost made the team.
ReplyDeleteMarried with Children was a staple of my childhood, but am not nearly as fond of it now as I was back then. I tried to watch an episode again a few years ago, and couldn't even make it through the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome pickup!
ReplyDeleteI've been keeping an eye out for his cards too. I saw this go up for auction. the one i saw sold for $700+! A bit to rich for my blood. Love the card though, extra jealous as i loved watching MWC back in the day too.
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