For the first time, a Bob Ross painting will come to auction in Germany.

The painting comes to the block on December 5 at auctioneer Ketterer Kunst in Munich, from the collection of American Public Television (APT). Proceeds will benefit the organization as part of a charitable initiative dreamed up by Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross, Inc., to support public television stations in the US following cuts of $9 billion to previously approved government funding by a Republican-dominated Congress, at the behest of Donald Trump’s presidential administration.

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Mountain Splendor (1986) bears an estimate of €40,000–€60,000 ($46,800–$70,200). Ross painted it live on television during season seven, episode eight in of his beloved show The Joy of Painting . Ross typically created three versions of his compositions, the auctioneer points out: one in preparation, one on live television, and one for his instructional books, with the live-painted ones the most coveted.…