It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting (2021)

Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by ahofmann on Sunday June 15, 2025 @04:52PM (#44284887)

I wondered also, but then I've read to the end of the article. The article seems to be a bit disingenuous, because the real, real reason seems to be, that the Bob Ross Inc. respects the wish of Bob Ross to not make his paintings a commodity.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by arp242 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @05:27PM (#44285092)

They put him in a Mountain Dew ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q51bomzSQ_s

The Kowalskis sued to exclude Bob Ross from the company bearing his name in the final days of his life, when he was struggling with cancer.

So let me carefully suggest that Bob Ross Inc. is not as benevolently looking out to preserve the heritage and legacy of Bob Ross as you might think.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by FireBeyond on Sunday June 15, 2025 @08:42PM (#44285896)

And had threatened legal action towards his son for using his family name as a painter.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by tylrprtr on Monday June 16, 2025 @11:01AM (#44290263)

Came here to make sure this point was made. Bob Ross Inc's only mission is to make money off a dead man and to ensure his family doesn't receive any of the proceeds.

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Re:It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painti... by joquarky on Monday June 16, 2025 @04:34PM (#44293153)

Thank you for posting this.

Many people assume it's his family that are the cut throats and don't know the fully story of how the company went to another family.

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