Anita Manning daughter: How Bargain Hunt expert's daughter followed in her footsteps

The antiques expert has since spoken of how she started her career, saying: “Although I have always been interested in antiques, and loved their sense of history, their beauty, craftsmanship and design.

“I did not start my working life aiming to be an auctioneer or be involved in the antiques trade (in fact sometimes I still wonder what I’m going to be when I grow up).

“But fate put the opportunity in my path and being an adventurous sort of gal I changed direction and set up Great Western Auctions with my daughter Lala in Glasgow in 1989, becoming one of Scotland’s first woman auctioneers.

“I am so glad I did because I have the best job in the world and it has been a continual joy to handle wonderful objects on a daily basis and investigate their place in history.”