The Vincent Price collection came to Montreal 50 years ago tomorrow, as the actor-and-art-expert's selection of inexpensive art works chosen by Price went on sale at Simpson's with paintings going for as little as $17.50.
The bearded Arnold Mazelow, who had a gallery in Toronto, helped assemble the thing and is seen here with a Simpson's manager. Mazelow died of a sudden heart attack about two years later age age 40.
The Vincent Price collection thing lasted from 1962 to 1971 at Sears, but no word on how long it stayed in Montreal.
Price died in 1993 at age 82. The art? Well, judge for yourself but apparently there's still a lot of paintings floating around with a sticker on the back noting its origins.