This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/28/2013
June 12, 1939 was a momentous day for baseball. The Baseball Hall of Fame would open for the first time amid all the pomp and pageantry you would expect on such a highly anticipated occasion. As of that date, including the 1939 class, only 26 men in the 100 year history of the game had been elected for enshrinement. In 1939, 11 of those so honored attended the inaugural induction ceremony. This remarkable commemoration of the event is an original 1939 First Day Cover signed by each of the eleven inaugural inductees; Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Napoleon Lajoie, Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Connie Mack, Eddie Collins, George Sisler, Honus Wagner, and G.C. Alexander. Nearly every signature is flawlessly rendered and beautifully preserved with the interesting feature of Ruth and Young, respectively the games greatest hitter and pitcher, being isolated on the front. The rest of the elite fraternity has signed the back in a uniform horizontal sequence, save for Wagner, whose signature is inverted at the bottom. PSA/DNA has assigned a composite grade for the signatures of MINT 9 adding to the magnitude of this commemoration of one of the most historic gatherings of baseball’s greatest icons. Postmarked June 12, 1939 at Cooperstown, N.Y.
Encapsulated by PSA/DNA (Grade MINT 9).