Money does grow on his “happy little trees”, proving people are just plain idiots. A pair of Bob Ross paintings (that probably took him all of an hour to create) sold for double and triple their estimated selling prices at a recent auction — shattering sales records for the mild-mannered late artist.
Two oil-on-canvas works from the “Joy of Painting” star, both depicting serene mountain and lake scenes, raked in some serious green at Bonhams’ American Art Online sale, which ended on Aug. 7.
“Lake Below Snow-Capped Peaks and Cloudy Sky” fetched $114,800 — double what it was estimated to sell for — and “Lake Below Snow-Covered Mountains and Clear Sky” took in $95,750, triple its anticipated price tag.
“I can tell you that Bob would have been quite shy to learn that his paintings are now selling at six figures. He was never really that interested in his finished works, Bob was more fascinated with the process of painting and sharing that with other people,” Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc., told The Post.
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I think it was an "expert" on Antiques Road Show (though I could be wrong) who said that Bob Ross's painting would never sell for much. His reasoning was that there were just too many of them. What looked like spontaneous paintings on the show had been practiced before hand. Something like 4 to 7 of each painting was produced for each show. Bob Ross originals are far from rare.
ReplyDeleteHeard a rumor that Hunter Biden is trying to get the paint by numbers folks to issue a series of his "works of art".
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I subscribe to the theory that Bob Ross was actually a serial killer and the trees were clues to where the bodies were buried.
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(FYI - with the water temperature that warm, I may need to schedule a dive trip to the Upper Keys!)
The kicker is, Bob's family or estate don't see a dime of that. It goes to the couple that own Bob Ross Inc., no relation. They bought his name and everything he ever did.
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