A program from the first National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, signed by all eleven living inductees, has sold via Lelands Auctions for just over $315,000. It's the most ever paid for a program, beating out the $241,500 paid for a 1903 World Series program in 2011.

The Baseball Hall of Fame program is believed to be the only ever signed by all eleven living inductees present at the ceremony in 1939: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb (who signed the program twice), Walter Johnson, Honus Wager, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, Grover Alexander, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Eddie Collins and Connie Mack. The program was also signed by Hall of Famers such as Mel Ott, Lefty Grove and Johnny Vander Meer, among others.

The consignor of the program's parents, who were engaged at the time, attended the ceremo

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