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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. Ross, a public television stalwart in the 1980s and 90s, “dedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone”, said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding. Ross, a public television stalwart in the 1980s and ‘90s, “dedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone,” said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob …

Tracey Williams Sixty-two containers were swept overboard from the Tokio Express cargo ship near Land’s End in 1997 A Lego shark caught by a fisherman off the South West coast years after being swept off a ship is to be auctioned for charity. Richard West landed the first-ever reported shark from the 51,800 Lego sharks in one of 62 containers …

Dan HajduckySep 25, 2025, 09:40 PM ET Close Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. WWE star and social media influencer Logan Paul filed an injunction against Heritage Auctions in Texas district court Thursday, alleging …

Logan Paul filed a petition for a temporary restraining order and temporary injunction against Heritage Auctions over authenticity concerns regarding a section of game-used court he won at auction for $562,555.42 last month. Paul’s complaint alleges Heritage has denied him the right to investigate the authenticity of the item prior to payment, and the YouTube star is being told by …

A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films has sold for $3.6m (£2.7m) at auction. The prop featured in films including The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi was said to be the “standout” moment of the first day of sales at the auction held in Los Angeles on Thursday. According to Propstore, the …

A lightsaber Darth Vader used in the Star Wars films “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” sold at auction Thursday for more than $3.6 million. The iconic prop had been estimated to sell for between $1 and $3 million, according to the auction site Propstore, which hosted the bidding. There were 31 bids, with the winning one …

A lucky Star Wars fan is embracing the dark side, as Darth Vader’s lightsaber from the franchise’s initial trilogy has sold at auction for an astronomical sum. The iconic character’s screen-matched primary dueling lightsaber that was used in the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi sold for $3,654,000 when it hit the block from Propstore in Los Angeles on Thursday, …

Darth Vader’s lightsaber is about to become someone’s prized possession. It’s up for auction alongside a bunch of other iconic movie props, as spotted earlier by The New York Times. The auction is hosted by the memorabilia company Propstore, and it estimates that Vader’s lightsaber will fetch anywhere from $1 million to $3 million. Darth Vader had this weapon in …

Iconic movie props from a galaxy far, far away, and from a search for the Holy Grail much closer to home, are for sale in a blockbuster auction in California featuring a trove of silver screen history. Darth Vader’s lightsaber from the final two films of the original Star Wars trilogy is the most valuable lot in the three-day online …