Bunny Campione
Encyclopedia
Bunny Campione is probably best known for her many appearances on the long running BBC
television programme Antiques Roadshow
, on which she has appeared for over 20 years.
She worked at Sotheby's
for 23 years gaining a wide knowledge of antiques firstly in the Furniture department and then the Collectors' department.
She is now a senior consultant to Christie's
, London. She lives on the Essex
/ Suffolk
border with her husband Iain Grahame and 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.
Her uncle was Anglo-American
film actor
Stewart Granger
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television programme Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
, on which she has appeared for over 20 years.
She worked at Sotheby's
Sotheby's
Sotheby's is the world's fourth oldest auction house in continuous operation.-History:The oldest auction house in operation is the Stockholms Auktionsverk founded in 1674, the second oldest is Göteborgs Auktionsverk founded in 1681 and third oldest being founded in 1731, all Swedish...
for 23 years gaining a wide knowledge of antiques firstly in the Furniture department and then the Collectors' department.
She is now a senior consultant to Christie's
Christie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
, London. She lives on the Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
/ Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
border with her husband Iain Grahame and 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
Automata
Automata is the plural form of automaton, a self-operating machine. It may also refer to:* "Automata", a short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann* "Automata", a hardboiled science fiction crime series by Penny Arcade...
, bird-cages, corkscrews, dolls, dolls' houses, miniature and early furniture, and soft toys.
Her uncle was Anglo-American
English American
English Americans are citizens or residents of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England....
film actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger was an English-American film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.-Early life:He was born James Lablache Stewart in Old...
.