Three Paintings by Bob Ross Raise $600,000 at Auction for American Public Broadcasting

On Tuesday, the first three (of 30 total) original canvases by America television icon Bob Ross hit the auction block at Bonhams. The paintings sold for a total of $600,000. The proceeds from this and future sales of Ross’s “happy little paintings” will benefit American Public Television, a nonprofit syndicator that has been impacted by President Trump’s budget cuts.The three Ross landscape paintings—Cliffside, 1990; and Home in the Valley and Winter’s Peace,