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An Antiques Roadshow guest vowed to sell a cuddly toy after receiving a huge valuation for the item. The woman brought Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for valuation when the BBC team visited
Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland. The rabbit was a predecessor of Mickey Mouse and was a feisty character who often relied on his trademark good fortune to get him out of a tight spot.
Expert Bunny Campione explained: "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a very important rabbit because it was designed by Disney for Universal Pictures. "So it was a Disney famous rabbit and
they made 27 films and...they are hilarious. They are brilliant!" she exclaimed before asking the woman to explain how he came into her possession. "My mum was given him when I
was a baby by a great aunt who worked in service and she was given some toys that the children are grown out of. And when my mum saw it, she thought, 'she's not having that,'
and she wrapped it up in a bag, put it in a drawer and I didn't see it for about 20 years later," she told a stunned Bunny. "This predates Mickey Mouse - Oswald is 1927 until
1938," Bunny informed the guest. "And I can't understand how Mickey Mouse came along and he's not so well known.