Tag Archives: Hong Kong

Council could face £3m tax bill for unlawful Riesco sale

Posted on December 19, 2013 by insidecroydon

The diminishing returns from Croydon Council’s auctioning of part of the borough’s Riesco Collection of ancient Chinese porcelain look to be diminishing by the day, with a hefty tax bill now in the offing. After tax, auctioneers’ commissions and other costs, … Continue reading →

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Council’s cultural vandalism leaves borough short-changed

Posted on November 27, 2013 by insidecroydon

102,440,000 That’s how much Croydon Council raised from the auction in Hong Kong this morning of 24 pieces of the borough’s priceless Riesco Collection of Chinese porcelain. Unfortunately for the likes of florid-faced Mike Fisher and his cronies Dudley Mead … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Community associations, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Mike Fisher, Museum of Croydon, Riesco Collection, South Croydon Community Association, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Council’s botched attempt to airbrush Riesco from web history

Posted on November 22, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council breaks its own policy and goes against its own legal advice next week when part of the publicly owned Riesco Collection of precious Chinese porcelain, which was given to the borough by Raymond Riesco half a century ago, … Continue reading →

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Costs force campaign to abandon Riesco legal case

Posted on November 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

The battle to stop what is widely believed to be the unlawful sale of some of the most valuable pieces from the Riesco Collection by Croydon Council is over. In a statement issued by local campaigners, Charlotte Davies, chair of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Art, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, History, Museum of Croydon, Riesco Collection, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Please join us in the fight to save Croydon’s arts and heritage

Posted on November 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

CHARLOTTE DAVIES, pictured right, has started legal proceedings to stop Croydon Council selling the most valuable pieces of the publicly owned Riesco Collection of Chinese procelain. The case has the support of the Museums Association, the Croydon Natural History and … Continue reading →

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Going for a song? Tory candidate’s Riesco connections

Posted on November 1, 2013 by insidecroydon

This is obviously just a coincidence. It has emerged, more slowly than the other names reported by Inside Croydon this morning, that a 15th name on the long list for selection to become the Conservatives’ candidate in Croydon South at … Continue reading →

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Council risks legal action over decision to sell Riesco china

Posted on October 17, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Tories deliberately ignored the council’s legal advisers to push through the pawn shop sale of the borough’s Riesco Collection. A confidential document, obtained by Inside Croydon, shows that Steve O’Connell, the cabinet member for finance, and Tim Pollard, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Fairfield Halls, Jeet Bains, Riesco Collection, Sara Bashford, Steve O'Connell, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Council’s deputy continues to lie about Riesco Collection

Posted on October 16, 2013 by insidecroydon

With Croydon Council’s “unethical” auction of 24 pieces of the Riesco Collection of precious porcelain now barely a month away, there has been no let-up in the deceit being spouted about the disposal by Tim Pollard, the deputy leader of … Continue reading →

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The Riesco resignation: Doesn’t Pollard read his mail?

Posted on October 2, 2013 by insidecroydon

Not for the first time, a senior member of Croydon Council’s ruling Tories has been caught out, saying one thing when there is clear evidence to demonstrate the opposite is the case. And as a consequence, Croydon has been accused … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Hamida Ali, Riesco Collection, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Seeing potential for SEGAS building and Riesco “windfall”

Posted on September 18, 2013 by insidecroydon

As Croydon Council scrambles to hand every spare building or piece of publicly owned land over to John Laing to fulfil the ravenous appetite of the developer’s CCURV scheme, however unsuitable the sites might be for high-profit, high-rise apartments,  Inside … Continue reading →

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Sotheby’s spotted surveying remainder of Riesco collection

Posted on June 27, 2013 by insidecroydon

A little bird has been in touch with Inside Croydon Towers to tell us that a couple of big buzzards, vultures even, have been seen hovering around what’s left of the Riesco Collection at the Museum of Croydon. Spotted one … Continue reading →

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Riesco family opposes “unethical” china collection sale

Posted on June 12, 2013 by insidecroydon

The influential Museums Association and members of the Riesco family have added their voices to the condemnations of Croydon Council’s proposal to flog off some of the most valuable items from the publicly owned and priceless Riesco Collection of ancient … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon cues up to get behind Fu’s snooker challenge

Posted on April 22, 2013 by insidecroydon

Coulsdon might be a strange place to find a source of support for a player from Hong Kong hoping to make a big impact in snooker’s world championships in Sheffield, writes Ian Lamont. But when Marco Fu steps out into … Continue reading →

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Stobart steps in as Warlingham’s Street makes exit

Posted on February 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Warlingham RFC has issued a statement to confirm our story from last week that their head coach and long-time touchstone of the side, Tom Street, has stood down with immediate effect. Street, a member of staff at Purley’s … Continue reading →

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