{"id":2873,"date":"2026-06-26T20:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2873"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:40:15","slug":"bob-ross-mountain-summit-painting-to-be-sold-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2873","title":{"rendered":"Bob Ross\u2019 \u2018Mountain Summit\u2019 painting to be sold at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A landscape created by Bob Ross on-air during a 1987 episode of \u201cThe Joy of Painting\u201d is heading to auction next week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2871\">Rubio announces peace deal between Israel, Lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The work, titled \u201cMountain Summit,\u201d is being sold by the Bonhams Skinner auction house in Massachusetts on Tuesday as part of a sale centered on pieces of Americana and the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary, per the lot listing.<\/p>\n<p>Bonhams Skinner is estimating that \u201cMountain Summit\u201d will sell for between $50,000 and $70,000.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds will benefit the seller, Ball State University.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty seasons of the PBS show were filmed at the school-owned WIPB TV station of Muncie, Indiana, from 1983 to 1994, the year before Ross died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMountain Summit\u201d was painted on the 10th episode of the show\u2019s 13th season and first aired on Nov. 4, 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2869\">\u2018The time is now\u2019: Key Pentagon official says Navy needs more drone boats in its fleet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob Ross\u2019 connection to Muncie and WIPB is a special part of Ball State PBS\u2019 story. This painting is a beautiful reminder of the role our station played in helping bring Bob\u2019s creativity, encouragement, and joy to viewers around the world,\u201d Angie Grimes, interim general manager for Ball State Public Media, said in a release from the school.<\/p>\n<p>Since last November, three auctions of Bob Ross\u2019 works netted over $2 million in sales to benefit public TV, with each painting going for more than the estimate, according to the Muncie Journal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob came to Muncie because WIPB welcomed him like family, and he gave them the key to sharing his special way of painting, now more abundantly over the airwaves. \u2026 \u2019Mountain Summit\u2019 is Bob\u2019s painting returning home, and its proceeds will help ensure that the station he loved continues to serve the community that first believed in him,\u201d Bob Ross Inc. President Joan Kowalski said, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=2867\">Carville calls for House Democrats to reject socialist candidate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landscape created by Bob Ross on-air during a 1987 episode of &#8220;The Joy of Painting&#8221; is heading to auction next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[1814,1816,1815,1813],"class_list":["post-2873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-bob-ross","tag-bonhams-skinner","tag-mountain-summit","tag-the-joy-of-painting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bob Ross\u2019 \u2018Mountain Summit\u2019 painting to be sold at auction - 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