What Is a Bob Ross Painting Worth?
Works by the American TV art instructor behind “happy little trees” are rarely sold, pushing up prices for paintings that blur the line between kitsch and collectible.
Bob Ross hosted 31 seasons of The Joy of Painting.
Source: Bonhams
An eclectic crowd is gathering at Bonhams auction house in New York, bored-looking art dealers and well-heeled retirees taking their seats alongside people with frizzy gray hair, galaxy-print backpacks and Hawaiian shirts.
The works generating the most buzz — and speculation — on this April afternoon are four original paintings by Bob Ross, the beloved art teacher who spent two decades teaching Americans to paint “happy little trees” on public television.