Tony Geering | Founder & Curator at Puritan Values | Puritan Values | Exquisite Antiques & Decorative Arts

Tony is the passionate owner of Puritan Values. He started the business 35 years ago, collecting period furniture and selling them. Read more about how it all started for Tony.

Antique dealer and historian

Tony is a specialist art and antique dealer, interior designer, historian and curator for museum exhibitions and private collectors alike. Researcher, writer and historian on 19th and 20th century decorative arts from the Industrial Revolution in the mid to late Victorian era, through the early 20th century to Scandinavian design that flourished in the 1950s and 1960s.

Film producer

Outside of his businesses, Tony has started his own TV and film production company and is currently filming two exciting TV documentaries. The first is about the beauty of Art Nouveau architecture in Europe, documenting the very best examples across Europe, releasing on YouTube later this year.

The secondary follows the restoration of an abandoned Anglo Japanese style chateau, La Maison Des Fleurs, built in 1886, which Tony has been documenting since late 2019.

TV presenter

Tony has presented for the Discovery Channel (2018 to 2021) on The Restorers and appeared regularly on BBC’s Dickinson’s Real Deal, co presented Kirstie’s Home Made Homes, and featured in The Antiques Road Trip and Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.

Engineer turned dealer who has the tables

“Engineer Turned Dealer Who Has the Tables” by John Windsor (2000) tells Tony’s journey from oil rig engineer to expert Arts and Crafts furniture dealer.

Discover how a mahogany drop leaf table he acquired for £750, identified as Edward William Godwin, was estimated to fetch £20,000 to £30,000 at auction. Read the full article on the Guardian.

The Middlesex Guildhall clock was saved and returned to its original spot in the courts, and panelling from the Supreme High Court renovation was salvaged and reinstated, preserving important examples of early 20th century decorative craftsmanship.