Bunny Campione (born Carolyn Elizabeth Fisher; c. August 1946)[1] is an English antiques expert known for her many appearances on the television programme Antiques Roadshow since 1985 and has published her own works on antiques.[2][failed verification]
Bunny Campione | |
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| Born | Carolyn Elizabeth Fisher August 1946 (age 77) England |
| Occupation(s) | Antiques expert, television personality |
| Employer(s) | Sotheby's (23 years tenure, Furniture Department, Collectors Department 1973-1996)) Christies London Office (senior consultant 1997-2002) |
| Known for | Appearances on Antiques Roadshow (1985-present) |
| Family | Stewart Granger (uncle) |
Biography edit
Campione is the daughter of Squadron leader Francis Colborne Fisher, of Mudeford, Hampshire,[3] 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 has been known to bizarrely claim that her given name is “Anastasia”.[citation needed] She studied at university in France and worked at the Bear Lane Gallery in Oxford for a year.[4] She then worked at Sotheby's for 23 years until 1996, gaining a wide knowledge of antiques, firstly in the furniture department and then the collectors' department.[5] She was a senior consultant at Christie's in London until 2002.
Campione lives at Daws Hall, a private nature reserve, in Lamarsh, Essex. Her husband Iain Grahame, Idi Amin’s old commander and friend, died on 4 September 2023.[6] 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, bird-cages, corkscrews, dolls, dolls' houses, miniature and early furniture, and soft toys.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Carolyn Elizabeth CAMPIONE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK".
- ^ "Fair in aid of hospice". Watford Observer. 9 July 2001. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 4162
- ^ Battie, David; Malcolm, Fiona (2005). The Antiques Roadshow. Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 1-84533-060-9.
- ^ "Bunny Campione". Antiques Roadshow. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Major Iain Grahame, Idi Amin's old commander and friend, later sent by the British to negotiate with him – obituary". The Telegraph. 21 September 2023. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Iain Grahame Rare Books - Fine Sporting, Shooting, Stalking, Hunting, Natural History and Africana | About Major Books, the antiquarian booksellers of fine sporting, natural h... Archived 4 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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