Pewter king Ricker files bankruptcy

FORT COLLINS – Michael Ricker, once among the highest-flying artists in Northern Colorado, has filed for personal bankruptcy listing more than $1.6 million in debts, mainly to two patrons and benefactors who loaned him money.

Ricker’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy, filed Oct. 11 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Colorado Division in Denver, shows income solely from monthly Social Security payments, assets consisting of a few personal possessions, and the loss of all other property to foreclosure.

“It’s a combination of things that made it all go south,´ said one creditor, a Fort Collins woman who is listed as having loaned Ricker $677,521 in…