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It's a good name. I don't favorite it because I don't like Tony, and the full name sounds too formal to me. I mean, I don't notice that if I meet an Anthony, it's about like meeting an Andrew who doesn't go by a nickname - but it keeps me from personally liking it a lot.
My image of Anthony is a guy who is witty and sort of unpredictable - not bratty exactly, it's appealing in a way, it's the sort of person I would appreciate, but not get along great with.

Italian stereotype Tony, pizza, mafia.

I love it

I like the an-ton-nee pronunciation, but hate an-thon-ee.

I would use Antony, to avoid the ghastly possibility of people pronouncing the -th- as in thistle. I like it; as a nn, I prefer Anton to Tony.

I associate it with all the boys I grew up with (note: I was born in 1990 and grew up in the New York suburbs). It's therefore very bland and sounds a little bratty to me. I strongly prefer Antony.

I like it. It's simple, classic and elegant. I also like its meaning ("priceless").

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However, nicknaming it Tony makes it lose its charm. :/

I like it, and I like Tony too. It's pretty much popular across the board, but it has a strong Italian vibe as well, almost a cliche; the only time I wouldn't consider using it is if I actually was Italian because of the clicheness of it, but if I was Italian I'd probably not care about that since ... well, it's very circular logic. lol

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I remember a few years ago I was reading a fairly short news article about a big warehouse fire in New Jersey, and in the article four different people were quoted: the mayor, a police officer, a firefighter, and a random eyewitness. Every single one of those guys was named Anthony. As I recall, three of them had obviously Italian last names.