Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' auctioned a Bob Ross painting and other items for PBS, raising more than $1.5 million.

A Bob Ross painting auctioned by talk show host John Oliver already has a bid of more than $1 million. See other unique items being sold to help public media.

LOS ANGELES — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit ...

On this week's season finale of "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver launched an auction to raise funds and support public ...

More than 30 years after his death, the work of artist and public television icon Bob Ross continues to engage audiences across the world. When Congress rescinded $1.1 billion allocated for public ...

John Oliver launched an auction to benefit public broadcasting, following major budget cuts. A Bob Ross painting is priced at ...

Ross' 1986 artwork, painted for an episode of PBS' iconic 'The Joy of Painting', sold for roughly $1.04 million.