LOS ANGELES, California — Three paintings by Bob Ross, the late host of the popular PBS TV show “The Joy of Painting,” were auctioned Tuesday for more than $600,000.

According to NBC News , the paintings were “Cliffside,” which sold for $114,800; “Home in the Valley,” sold for $229,100; and “Winter’s Peace,” sold for $318,000. They were painted in 1990 and 1993.

The final prices include a charge for the auction house added to the final bid known as the buyer’s premium. The identities of the buyers weren’t immediately revealed.

The money from the sales will be used to assist public TV stations that have been hurt by recent federal budget cuts. In July, more than a billion dollars of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was eliminated, WISH Channel 8 reports .

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