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Around 30 Bob Ross paintings head to the auction block in support of public television stations facing funding cuts

The auction series kicks off with a three-piece sale at Bonhams Los Angeles on November 11

Dozens of original artworks by Bob Ross , the soft-spoken legend of at-home art, will go under the hammer in a series of auctions to benefit public TV stations scrambling for new financial lifelines after recent federal funding cuts. The collection includes around 30 paintings, many of which were created on-air during Ross’s hit PBS series, The Joy of Painting .

The first auction of three works is slated for November 11 at Bonhams in Los Angeles, with subsequent sales planned for London, New York, Boston and online. All proceeds will go toward stations nationwide that

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