Tangible Assets: What Every Estate Planning Professional Should Know
About Leslie Hindman
Leslie Hindman first founded Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in 1982. For more than two decades, she has remained a constant force behind high profile auctions of everything from contemporary paintings and fine jewelry to French furniture and rare books and manuscripts. She maintains a practice of achieving the highest prices while maintaining exemplary levels of integrity and client service.
For eight years, Ms. Hindman hosted two popular television shows on the Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV), At the Auction with Leslie Hindman and The Appraisal Fair, which were on air from 1994-2001 and viewed in more than 80 million homes across the United States. Ms. Hindman 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.
Ms. Hindman regularly conducts auctions for charitable organizations including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet, Access Living, UNICEF, University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation, High Art Museum, and many others. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation, Loyola University Chicago Council of Regents, Goodman Theatre, The Women’s Board of the Joffrey Ballet, The Chicago News Cooperative and The Arts Club of Chicago. Ms. Hindman is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Committee of 200, International Women’s Forum, The Chicago Network and World President’s Organization.
She attended Pine Manor College, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and Indiana University, and has received an honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois.
