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Public Television is .3 Million Richer, Thanks to Bob Ross 

Public Television is $1.3 Million Richer, Thanks to Bob Ross 

Published by José Betancourt

Three paintings by beloved artist and television personality Bob Ross sold for as much as thirteen times their high estimates at a Bonhams Skinner auction on Tuesday, netting $1.3 million for American Public Television (APT). The paintings come from a group of thirty that Bob Ross, Inc. consigned to Bonhams in October, with a total estimated value of up to $1.4 million, to benefit APT and PBS stations nationwide. The Ross works came to the block as part of the sale “Americana: Crafting a Nation: Art, History, & Legacy” that included paintings, folk art, and other historical artifacts. The sale, at Bonhams Skinner’s auction room in Marlborough, Massachusetts, totaled $2.4 million, exceeding its presale high estimate of $1.6 million, and also included works by John James Audubon and Arthur Wesley Dow, as well as a painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware after the famed canvas by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Related Articles Leading the sale was Ross’s Change of Seasons (1990), which was painted live on air during his popular “Joy of Painting” television series, which …

Bob Ross Paintings Go to Auction to Raise Money for Public Broadcasting

Bob Ross Paintings Go to Auction to Raise Money for Public Broadcasting

Published by José Betancourt

Three more paintings by PBS icon Bob Ross are going up for sale at Bonham’s at the end of the month, as part of a group of 30 such works being sold to raise money for the beleaguered public-broadcasting entity American Public Television (APT). ˆThe three works will be on offer in the “Americana: Crafting a Nation: Art, History & Legacy” sale in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on January 27, with estimates for the three reaching up to $155,000. Last year, Bonhams was consigned to sell 30 works by Ross, the Joy of Painting host whose status as the brush-wielding artist with improbably shapely hair was known far beyond the confines of galleries and museums. The high estimate for the group of the works at the time was $1.4 million, and subsequent sales have met with success: In November, three works by Ross sold for a combined $662,000 with fees, and then another work went for more than $1 million in a sale organized by trenchant comedian and TV news host John Oliver. Related Articles As chronicled …