The ultimate portion of late Flog It! presenter Michael Baggott’s private silver assortment has bought at public sale.
Late Flog It! star Michael Baggott’s non-public silver assortment has been bought (Picture: BBC)
The ultimate part of late Flog It! presenter Michael Baggott’s private silver assortment has fetched a considerable six-figure quantity.
The previous BBC antiques professional, who died in January 2025 aged 51, was a celebrated authority on vintage silver, notably expert in early spoons, bins, and provincial and continental works.
On Tuesday (February 4) the remaining items from his private assortment went below the hammer at Woolley And Wallis’s silver and objects of vertu sale, exceeding the pre-sale estimate of £71,100 to £97,700 and realising £112,891 at public sale.
This follows two earlier auctions of Mr Baggott’s assortment, which collectively raised greater than £200,000 in proceeds, reviews The Mirror
Standout items included a Charles II provincial two-handled porringer from 1672, created by silversmith Thomas Mangy, which realised £3,810.
Historic 1840 silver ingot handwritten notice confirming it was the primary profitable silver produced on the smelting home (Picture: Woolley & Wallis/PA)
Such shallow vessels had been typically used for consuming, ingesting or serving mushy meals like porridge or soup, and symbolised standing and wealth, with some given as christening presents or employed to serve sweets.
Moreover, an engraved James I West Nation silver dish from 1620, crafted by silversmith Edward Harsell, fetched £5,334, surpassing its higher estimate of £4,000.
The public sale additionally included a silver ingot—a strong block of refined silver fashioned by pouring molten silver right into a mould—which achieved £762, considerably above its most estimate of £300. In contrast to ornamental cash, ingots fulfilled sensible capabilities for storage, commerce or further manufacturing, with this particular specimen relationship again to June 1840.
AJames I West Nation silver dish, Bristol, relationship from circa 1620, by famend silversmith Edward Harsell, one of many objects from the gathering of TV antiques professional Michael Baggott (Picture: Woolley & Wallis/PA)
The ingot was manufactured at Mr Treffry’s Smelting Home in Par in the course of the golden period of Cornish steel extraction.
The merchandise was accompanied by a handwritten notice stating it represented the inaugural profitable silver output on the smelting facility, created by means of the separation of silver from copper extracted at Fowey Consol.
The notice learn: “The primary produce from Mr Treffry’s Smelting Home at Par, by which the silver is separated from the copper raised at Fowey Consol mine. Mr Treffry June 1840.”
Baggott’s full York silver assortment comprised over 550 items and lined the interval from the late seventeenth century by means of to 1858.
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