What to do with 80's and 90's cards?

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I have accumulated quantities of select players from this era, primarily their rookie cards, over the past couple of years. Much to my dismay, when I started running out of storage space and decided to do a couple of local card shows to liquidate some inventory, I came to find out that even HOF rookies like Alomar, Larkin, Glavine, Thomas, etc. are not sellable at almost any price unless you give them away for pennies. Even worse, guys that were star players during this era but not at HOF levels, like Baines, Gibson, Chili Davis, Gary Gaetti, Ruben Sierra, Terry Pendleton, etc. could not be sold at any price either, they are basically worth the same as commons, even their rookie year cards.

While I really enjoyed collecting these cards, I would have never done so if I knew how "worthless" they would be when the time came to sell some. I wasn't in it to make a profit but can't really afford to just throw my money away for nothing either. It's really a shame that it seems a player is either HOF worthy or he's a "common" player.

BTW I voted actively collect as well.