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Bunny Campione (born Carolyn Elizabeth Fisher; c. August 1946) is an English antiques expert known for her many appearances on the long running
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Antiques Roadshow
''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people ( ...
'', on which she has appeared since 1987.
Daughter of Squadron Leader Francis Colborne Fisher, of
Mudeford
Mudeford ( ) is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England ( historically in Hampshire), fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach.
The R ...
, Hampshire, and Iris (née Stewart), sister of British actor
Stewart Granger, Campione became known as "Bunny" as a young child after she was given a coat that had a hood with rabbit ears on it; she also later collected soft toy rabbits. She studied at university in France and worked at the Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford for a year.
She then worked at
Sotheby's
Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, an ...
for 23 years gaining a wide knowledge of antiques firstly in the furniture department and then the collectors' department.
She was a senior consultant to
Christie's, London until 2001. She lives on the
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
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Suffolk border with her husband Iain Grahame, whom she married on 7 July 2002. She runs her own company, Campione Fine Art, buying and selling antiques on behalf of clients. She has a particular interest in, and knowledge of,
automata
An automaton (; plural: automata or automatons) is a relatively self-operating machine, or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions.Automaton – Definition and More ...
, bird-cages, corkscrews, dolls, dolls' houses, miniature and early furniture, and soft toys.
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