A painting Bob Ross created in Muncie, Indiana, set an auction record last week with the help of TV show host John Oliver. “Cabin at Sunset” was sold for $1,044,000 through an auction by HBO’s “Last ...

Article Summary Last Week Tonight's auction set a new $1 million record for a Bob Ross painting to support public media. John Oliver highlighted public media’s funding crisis after Congress cut $1.1 ...

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GNN reported recently that a Los Angeles auction house recently handled the sale of three paintings by the famous TV artist Bob Ross, with the proceeds of over $600,000 going to fund public television ...

The fundraising event also featured bizarre items that have appeared on Oliver's show over the years, including Russell Crowe's jockstrap and a sculpture of President Lyndon B. Johnson's scrotum.