Live Auction 3280Christie's Interiors
Harmsen Van Der Beek (Dutch, 1897-1953)
Lot 389 HURRAH FOR NODDY, 1950

Harmsen Van Der Beek (Dutch, 1897-1953)

Noddy and Big-Ears cycling back to town

Closed6 December 2011

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GBP 1,125

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Harmsen Van Der Beek (Dutch, 1897-1953)
Noddy and Big-Ears cycling back to town
inscribed 'page 37' (lower left)
pen and brown ink and watercolour, unframed
4¾ x 5¾ in. (12 x 14.6 cm.)

Enid Blyton: Noddy; Sotheby's London, 29 October 1997, lot 62.

Specialist note

Hurrah for Noddy is the second volume in the Noddy library and was published in 1950. In this book Noddy starts to work in the garage in Toy Town, cleaning and looking after the cars. One night all the cars are stolen by the goblins, but Noddy helps to catch them and is given his own yellow car by the inhabitants of Toy Town.