3 Bob Ross Paintings To Be Auctioned Off After Funding Cuts

Three original paintings by Bob Ross are group to beryllium auctioned off Tuesday arsenic portion of a bid to thief raise money for nationalist tv stations aft nan Trump management trim funding.

The pieces were featured successful nan famed painter's beloved show "The Joy of Painting," which introduced nan creation shape to millions of people. He hosted nan show from 1983 until 1994, 1 twelvemonth earlier he died.

The 3 pieces group to beryllium sold by nan auction location Bonhams are: "Cliffside," painted successful 1990; "Winter’s Peace," painted successful 1993; and "Home successful nan Valley," painted successful 1993. Bids scope from $25,000 to $50,000.

Three paintings by Bob Ross to beryllium auctioned by Bonhams. Bob Ross / Bonhams / APT

Ross’ signature appears successful nan little near area of each 3 paintings.

Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc., said successful an October connection announcing nan auction that nan waste ensures Ross' "legacy continues to support nan very mean that brought his joyousness and productivity into American homes for decades."

The auction is group to statesman astatine 4 p.m. ET successful Los Angeles.

President Donald Trump signed an executive bid successful May to extremity nationalist funding of PBS and National Public Radio to extremity what he called "biased and partisan news coverage." The White House had said that nan organizations received "tens of millions of dollars" successful taxpayers’ dollars to dispersed "radical, woke propaganda disguised arsenic 'news.'"

Under Trump’s order, nan Corporation for Public Broadcasting was directed to trim backing to nan organizations to nan grade allowed by law.

Hundreds of PBS and NPR stations were forced to quickly find replacement funding, The Associated Press reported. Some stations had to laic disconnected workers and trim programs, while others resorted to emergency money drives.

Bonhams said each nett proceeds from nan waste will spell to American Public Television and to PBS nationalist tv stations nationwide. In total, 30 of Ross’ paintings are expected to beryllium sold astatine different auctions.

The auctions of nan 30 paintings are estimated to full $850,000 to $1.4 million, Bonhams said. The different auctions will beryllium announced astatine a later date.