Rops, from Belgium, sells on 26 June 2016 a "Schakewits" Beach scene estimated at 160 to 240 Euro.
It looks a lot like this Schakewits from
Christie's from 2015 which soldfor £5,000 in 2015.
Comparison of some details shows that the Christie's one is painted a lot better. We don't know the dimensions of the Rops one though, which makes it hard to compare this.
The signatures also don't tell a lot. It is certainly quite possible that the two are by the same hand. If the Rops one is a real Josef Schakewits, then it probably is more of a study, or a more rushed work than the Christie's one, and will accordingly be worth a lot less, perhaps closer to 1,000 Euro, which is what many of his beach scenes fetched over the last few years. It has a nasty hole in it as well, which can be restored but will cost a bit extra. If it is a fake, then we might as well burn it.
UPDATE: sold for 360 Euro, I guess we'll never know if it was a bargain or a waste of money unless it reappears in a larger auction.
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