BBC Flog It! expert dies aged 65 as co-stars pay tribute to antiques expert

His dying was confirmed in an announcement posted on his social media accounts on Monday night.

Baggott, who appeared on the BBC antiques present from 2017 till it was decommissioned in 2020, had been receiving inpatient care on the Birmingham hospital since his stroke final autumn.

“Heartbroken to share that Michael died yesterday in hospital of a coronary heart assault following a stroke in October,” learn the assertion on his social media.

“He was a dearly beloved son, brother, nephew and uncle who might be deeply and profoundly missed.”

The household introduced that particulars of a memorial service could be shared within the coming weeks.

Tributes have poured in from fellow antiques consultants and tv personalities.

Cut price Hunt star Charles Hanson described Baggott as “a large of our vintage business” and “our Arthur Negus”.

“Michael’s thirst for data for the ‘object inside’ merited way more TV time too for a real and correct knowledgeable,” Hanson wrote.

💙 such unhappy information… condolences to Michael’s household 💔

— Roo Irvine (@RooIrvine) January 28, 2025

Flog It! knowledgeable Nick Corridor praised him as “a real connoisseur and ambassador of the antiques world, a font of data and beneficiant along with his data”.

BBC Presenter Roo Irvine expressed her “unhappy information and condolences”, whereas Cut price Hunt’s Colin Younger famous: “Michael made so many individuals smile, what extra is there to want for in life?”

In December, Baggott raised severe considerations about his care at Good Hope Hospital by way of social media posts.

In emotional video updates, he claimed he had been left severely dehydrated, receiving inadequate water for a number of days.

“I am dying of thirst in a British NHS hospital and nobody appears ready to do something about it,” he mentioned in a single clip.

Whereas praising junior docs and nursing employees as “the saving grace”, he criticised senior administration and docs for allegedly refusing water and therapy.

Michael Baggott was a well-known face on Flog It!

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He later shared a extra optimistic replace, saying he was “barely happier, barely extra hopeful” after lastly receiving correct hydration.

Baggott started his profession in antiques whereas nonetheless at school, making his first buy – a Chester silver Vesta case – for £22.

He went on to work at Christie’s public sale home throughout his college years earlier than taking cost of Sotheby’s southern silver division for 4 years.

Later transitioning to non-public consulting, he specialised in vintage silver, smallwork, packing containers, early spoons and provincial and continental silver.

He was additionally an achieved writer, publishing works together with “An Illustrated Information to York Hallmarks 1776 – 1858” and contributing quite a few articles to The Finial, the journal of the Silver Spoon Membership of Nice Britain.