citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message leslie hindman auctioneers industry auctioneering founded chicago illinois 1982 founder leslie hindman headquarters chicago illinois united states key people leslie hindman president products fine arts website lesliehindman.com leslie hindman auctioneers is an american auction house based in chicago illinois united states . founded in 1982 sold to sotheby s in 1997 and reopened in 2003 the company engages in auctions ranging from contemporary paintings and fine jewelry to french furniture and rare books and manuscripts . contents 1 company history 2 leslie hindman biography 3 references 4 external links company history edit in 1982 leslie hindman founded her eponymous auction house in chicago illinois and within a few years it grew to be the largest auction house in the midwest and the fifth largest in the country . 1 the company conducted many significant and highly publicized auctions including memorabilia from the historic comiskey park the chicago stadium the schwinn family bicycle collection as well as the personal property from such renowned estates as arthur rubloff mrs. robert r. mccormick the potter palmer families and dole heiress elizabeth f. cheney . in 1991 hindman gained international recognition for the discovery of a previously unknown still life by vincent van gogh . the painting sold for 1.43 million . 2 3 since reopening it has handled property from the estates of leo s. guthman mrs. jacob baur bertha baur rose movius palmer melville n. rothchild sally fairweather helen c. tunison frank j. and mary mackey jr. and dr. reid i. martin among others . additionally leslie hindman auctioneers has handled property belonging to leona helmsley 4 the kenan heise collection of books and manuscripts 5 property from the akron art museum 6 the art institute of chicago the milwaukee art museum the scottish rite bodies valley of chicago the kmart art collection the kemper insurance companies corporate art collection sports memorabilia from the legendary ernie harwell music and movie memorabilia from eric mancow muller 7 and the john drury collection of a.c. gilbert erector sets and mysto magic sets . leslie hindman biography edit leslie attended pine manor college the university of paris also known as the sorbonne and indiana university and has received an honorary doctorate in business administration from lincoln college in lincoln illinois . she is the recipient of many awards including the ywca entrepreneur of the year award and the national association of women business owners woman of achievement award . for eight years she was host of two television shows on the home & garden television network hgtv 8 at the auction with leslie hindman and the appraisal fair which were viewed in more than 80 million homes across the united states . she also wrote a weekly syndicated column for the chicago tribune called what s it worth in february 2001 her critically acclaimed book adventures at the auction was published by clarkson potter a division of random house . in december 2004 she served as chairperson of the great chicago fire sale the first ever citywide ebay auction led by commissioner lois weisberg and the chicago department of cultural affairs . the auction grossed over 240 000 which was used to support free programs at the chicago cultural center gallery 37 the city s cultural grants and the clarke house museum . 9 hindman serves on the boards of the chicago public library foundation the goodman theatre children s memorial foundation the arts club of chicago and the woman s board of the joffrey ballet . 10 references edit auctioneer leslie hindman is back online . auctionbytes.com . retrieved 18 january 2015 . auction . pqasb.pqarchiver.com . retrieved 18 january 2015 . 1 archived october 21 2012 at the wayback machine . 2 dead link 3 dead link moritz stifter austrian 1857 1905 . christies.com . retrieved 18 january 2015 . property belonging to erich . invaluable.com . retrieved 18 january 2015 . https web.archive.org web 20081003093928 http www.hgtv.com shows ata leslie hindman bio index.html . archived from the original on october 3 2008 . retrieved september 30 2008 . missing or empty title help 4 dead link art galleries . artnet.com . retrieved 18 january 2015 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leslie hindman auctioneers & oldid 743336799 categories companies based in chicagocompanies established in 1982auction houses1982 establishments in illinoishidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from january 2015pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsarticles needing additional references from january 2015all 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