Charles Bukowski - American author

I'm curious about people's memories of "Red" Stodolsky. I met him in the early 90's, his shop in Hollywood had quite an impressive selection of books by Bukowski. Books I had not seen before (wedding, heatwave, etc...).
I remember his eyesight was failing and he was very trusting about leaving you in the shop alone. I also remember his patience was 'thin', but so is mine, so I'm not criticizing! It was a great little bookstore.