LeRoy Richardson has been gathering Hollywood memorabilia for decades. Now his extensive collection is going up for sale at the recently opened Vintage Hollywood, located on old Route 66 in Hollywood.
Here's an excerpt from the Los Angeles Independent report:
“I just have gobs and gobs of stuff,” said Richardson, 55, sitting in the well-appointed gallery on richly re-upholstered faux-suede burgundy movie house seats, purchased for $10 apiece from an old Hollywood theater. “People come from all over looking for specific stuff. We’re putting together a Web site, too.”
The inviting gallery overflows with original and reproduction posters and stills of stars such as Dorothy Dandridge, Josephine Baker and many others as well as gift items such as jewelry, handbags and T-shirts hand-decorated by Richardson himself.
Prices for images range from $20 for a reproduction to $1500 for the French “Frankenstein” original.
And, of course, each part of the collection comes with its own history.
“I found these rare stills of Dandridge by an unknown photographer in Paris,” he said, also describing items he found in the Netherlands, Hungary and other countries.
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The store also offers a selection of books, vintage copies of such magazines as Match and hard-to-find Photoplays from the 1930s, as well as a line of greeting cards from images owned exclusively by Richardson.