The 76-year-old runs an antiques business with her daughter in Glasgow
daytime's most recognisable stars. The Scottish antiques expert is known for dishing out her top tips on shows such asWATCH: Antiques Roadshow expert stunned over 'never seen before' item with huge valuationAnita's love of antiques and collectables can be traced back to her grandmother, whose home was filled with mahogany furniture that the TV star admired as a child.
For the next three years, Anita travelled up and down the country in a three-tonne truck, buying and selling furniture.After Anita's daughter Lala left school, the mother and daughter went into business together. Great Western Auctions was launched in 1989 with a staff of just three and has since grown to be one of the major independent auctioneers in Scotland. In starting her own business, Anita became one of Scotland's first female auctioneers.
The couple share two children, Lala, who works with her mum in Glasgow, and Luke, who reportedly lives in Hong Kong.Anita is used to travelling halfway across the world to visit her family, as her mum lived in Australia for almost four decades before she died."She stayed in Melbourne and then a little seaside place near Sydney. Although we share the same language I was always taken by how different the place was.
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