New Coachs Corner Any bat experts here?

[tinkereversandme]

New Coachs Corner is up (I guess Grey Ghost is taking a five day weekend) but there is always something in it that makes the cartoon eye balls pop out with utter bemusement and in this case, it's lot 3 John Clarkson hand signed "Morales" Certified vintage baseball bat! You have to read the description:

This next-to-impossible to acquire, vintage baseball item is a VERY old brown baseball bat that comes to us in VG+/EX condition. It has obviously been well taken care of over the past 125 years, and with good reason, because it features a barrel signature in black fountain pen ink by the great HOF righthander, and one of only two pitchers in history to win 50 games in a single season. The signature grades a legible 8.5, includes an 1885 inscription, and is fully certified by court-qualified forensics examiner Chris Morales. The man died 101 years ago, and if a BALL from his is valued at $50,000, imagine what this vintage bat will bring!

Here's the link: http://www.myccsa.com/Lot/207/john-c...eball-bat.aspx

It is one of the more amusing things I have ever seen from their archive of comedy, but putting all the laughter aside, how difficult is it to find a bat that dates 1885 (as John so eloquently dated it so it can end up later in such a wonderful auction like this), and what do bats like this sell for, unsigned?

I'm not planning on taking the Dry Erase here as I doubt it dates that far back, just curious for my own knowledge.

Another two more Mathewson balls, Wilkes Booth cut and you get the idea. They sell the same things, do they just have a templet?

Thank you,

Larry