Skybox pop 1?

Hi.
Again, from the time that I worked at the printing company that printed for Skybox in the early and mid 1990's, I also saved a unique set of cards (in addition the the Lion King SB1 and SB1 black banner card show version). This set was a set developed by Skybox and 4 other companies (including ours) as a 50th birthday gift for the President of Skybox International, Frank O'Connell. Each of the 9 cards have a picture from different stages of his life and a paragraph or two about it on the back. It also has a checklist card. Obviously, it was not a production run, since it was a personal birthday gift. I have no clue if additional sets were produced (I'm not sure why they would unless they did a couple for back up in case something happened to the original). I have not been able to locate this set anywhere online.
I'm curious if any of you are, or if you know of any collectors that are interested in these type of cards that provide a glimpse of Skybox history?
Here are links to card photos:
https://ibb.co/GQrY21Q3
https://ibb.co/wN9FjRyx
https://ibb.co/4wM0BXHz
https://ibb.co/rRpgYSRD

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catskilleagle

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I would be one of those people. I collect various oddball cards. I have a set of cards that was a gift to subscribers of Billboard magazine (just photos of employees). I have a business card that a sports card dealer gave out but he had it printed at trading card size and it's a picture of him in a baseball uniform.

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Originally posted by Doocollect:
Hi.
Again, from the time that I worked at the printing company that printed for Skybox in the early and mid 1990's, I also saved a unique set of cards (in addition the the Lion King SB1 and SB1 black banner card show version). This set was a set developed by Skybox and 4 other companies (including ours) as a 50th birthday gift for the President of Skybox International, Frank O'Connell. Each of the 9 cards have a picture from different stages of his life and a paragraph or two about it on the back. It also has a checklist card. Obviously, it was not a production run, since it was a personal birthday gift. I have no clue if additional sets were produced (I'm not sure why they would unless they did a couple for back up in case something happened to the original). I have not been able to locate this set anywhere online.
I'm curious if any of you are, or if you know of any collectors that are interested in these type of cards that provide a glimpse of Skybox history?
Here are links to card photos:
https://ibb.co/GQrY21Q3
https://ibb.co/wN9FjRyx
https://ibb.co/4wM0BXHz
https://ibb.co/rRpgYSRD

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