ATG adds: We were saddened to hear about Tony’s passing. He was knowledgeable, courteous and generous with his time whenever we were seeking a comment from him about an item or a sale at his auction house and he was welcoming when we visited.
In 2016 his firm donated £5000 to help fund the commissioning of a statue of Geoffrey Chaucer that was placed on Canterbury High Street (at the junction with Best Lane where pilgrims used to pass).
The statue stands on a plinth decorated with a mural depicting the characters featured in Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.