David Stickelber estate auction was a hit…in Chicago

• Leslie Hindsman Auctioneer
• Andy Warhol’s Cartier tank watch was one of the David Stickelber treasures auctioned in Chicago last week.

For much of his life, Kansas City philanthropist and arts advocate David Stickelber was a passionate collector. And he had the resources to indulge his interests. His father, Merlin A. Stickelber, was a successful inventor who patented innovative bakery industry equipment and operated the M.A. Stickelber & Sons manufacturing company. After David Stickelber’s death last year, at age 83, most of his art and antiques were shipped to the Chicago offices of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.

The auction was held November 8 and included French and Continental furnishings, Asian art and antiquities, English and French silver and china, books and manuscripts, rare Chinese porcelain, and Andy Warhol’s gold Cartier tank watch (which Stickelber purchased at the auction of Warhol’s possessions in 1988).

According to a Stickelber relative in attendance, the auction was “very well-attended and very exciting.”