LOS ANGELES — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit ...

Bob Ross’s "Winter’s Peace" sold for $318,000 at Bonhams in Los Angeles, setting a new auction record and leading three works that totaled $662,000. The sale drew 356 bidders—more than twice the usual ...

It was no happy accident. The first three of 30 Bob Ross paintings being auctioned to benefit American public television blew away estimates Tuesday, selling for a total of $661,900 at Bonhams in Los ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to ...

For years, The Joy of Painting host Bob Ross encouraged viewers that they could paint a beautiful portrait in just 30 minutes if they simply followed along with him. While some tried their hand at ...

The first of 30 Bob Ross paintings — many of them created live on the PBS series that made him a household name — have been auctioned off to support public television. Ross, with his distinctive afro, ...

Viscerally talented, Ross was as much performer as painter and the sale of some of his captivating paintings will help keep the TV network he called home on the air. Bonhams auction house will offer ...

Bob Ross taught his audiences to create landscapes with gentleness and whimsy on "The Joy of Painting," a public television program, from 1983 to 1994. (Acey Harper / Getty Images) A trio of Bob Ross ...