"Unknown, probably England" is by German Christian Leberecht Vogel

Bukowski's sells on 6 May 2015 an "unknown painter, probably England, 19th century" painting of reading children, estimated at 500 Euro and with a current bid of 200 Euro.

It actually is a (copy after a?) painting by Christian Leberecht Vogel (1759-1816), a German painter showing here his two children. Apparently some 18 versions by his own hand are known, plus copies in paint and on porcelain.

The most recent sale of an original Vogel version was in October in Germany, and went for 3,000 Euro. A very nice though smaller version (pictured) was sold at Lempertz in May 2014 for 8,500 Euro.

The version for sale seems original to me, but is damaged. Still, it should be worth something like 2,000 to 3,000 Euro probably. UPDATE: sold for 704 Euro, seems cheap!