Haring’s iconic Pop Shop series is a testament to the artist’s ingenuity when it came to translating his drawings to the medium of screen printing. Pop Shop II features Haring’s characteristically cartoonish figures in various states of ecstasy, whether joined at the head or bending over backwards surrounded by joyful energy lines. The thick black outlines are typical of Haring’s street art style, developed in the subways and on the walls of New York in the early 80s.

 

 

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Introduction

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The portfolio was released two years after Haring opened his first Pop Shop in downtown Manhattan. Aimed at kids and collectors alike, the Pop Shops were a place where Haring could sell his art for as little as 50 cents. The store stocked t-shirts, badges and magnets featuring his now ubiquitous designs.

TSENG KWONG CHI (1950-1990), Keith Haring at the Pop Shop, c. 1985

While the project was praised by friends such as Andy Warhol who was fascinated by the possibilities of the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, it was snubbed by many leading art world figures who placed more value on original works of art.

“I could earn more money if I just painted a few things and jacked up the price. My shop is an extension of what I was doing in the subway stations, breaking down the barriers between high and low art”.

His love for commercial and Pop art was evident in his first experiments with street art which saw him creating signature figures he named ‘icons’, such as the barking dog, the radiant child and the winged superman. He would reproduce these figures over and over again, in bright colors reminiscent of advertising and later, just before his death from AIDS in 1990, in plain white embossings.

TSENG KWONG CHI (1950-1990), Keith Haring at the Pop Shop, c. 1985

Printed in four layers of color (black, orange, blue and magenta), this portfolio shows Haring’s mastery of screen printing as a medium. Though he had experimented with print techniques such as lithography in the late 70s and 80s it wasn’t until 1983 that Haring began making screen prints, or serigraphs, which offered a way of creating multiple images, that artists had adopted from the world of commercial printing. This move to screen printing was undoubtedly due in part to the method being popularized by Warhol, one of Haring’s most important influences, and soon he was producing ever more inventive and daring work.

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Pop Shop II, 1988

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Pop shop II

The complete set of four screenprints in colors
Medium: Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Year: 1988
Image: 10 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches (27.1 x 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 12×15 inches (30.6 x 38.1 cm)
Edition: 200
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 10 PP
Hors Commerce: 20 HC
Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New-York
Literature: Littmann pp. 96-97

Each signed dated and numbered in pencil

1. Plate 1 (Littmann p. 96)

2. Plate 2 (Littmann p. 96)

3. Plate 3 (Littmann p. 97)

4. Plate 4 (Littmann p. 97)

 

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Auction Market Overview

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2025 Auction Results

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7 Plates from Pop Shop II sold at auction in 2025 for a total turnover of USD 188,269, at an average price of USD 26,896.

The highest price of 2025 was achieved by Pop Shop II Plate 1 that sold at Bonhams Cornette, in Paris, on 13 November 2025, for EUR 25,600 (USD 29,675). In fact Plate 1 sold 3 times at auction in 2025 at average price of USD 27,328.

The second highest price of 2025 was achieved by Pop Shop II Plate 4 that also sold at Bonhams Cornette, in Paris, on 13 November 2025, for EUR 25,600 (USD 29,675). In fact Plate 1 sold 3 times at auction in 2025 at average price of USD 27,538.

Furthermore, Pop Shop Quad II sold at Freeman’s Hindman, on 26 September 2025, for USD 57,600.

Finally, a complete set of Pop Shop II sold at auction in 2025, at Christie’s, in New-York, on 23 October 2025, for USD 127,000, setting a new auction record for a complete set of Pop Shop II.

 

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop II (Littmann pp. 96-97), 1988
The complete set of four screenprints in colors on wove paper
Each signed, dated and numbered ‘PP 10⁄10’ in pencil
A printer’s proof set, the edition was 200 plus twenty artist’s proofs

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#4. Pop Shop II Plate 1, 1988

KEITH HARING
One Plate from ‘Pop Shop II’ (Plate 1) (Littmann P.96), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove
Signed and dated in pencil
Numbered 95/200 (there were also 20 A.P.)

#5. Pop Shop II Plate 1, 1988

Sotheby’s online: 15 July 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 25,400

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: Plate 1 (Littmann p. 96), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated ’88 and inscribed HC 12/20 (lower right)
One of 20 hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs

#7. Pop Shop II Plate 2, 1988

Sotheby’s New-York: 23 October 2025
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 22,860

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: One Plate (Plate 2) (Littmann p. 96), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed HC 7/20
This impression is one of 20 hors commerce impressions
Aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions

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Pop Shop Quad II, 1988

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Lots Passed

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Pop Shop II Plate 3, 1988

Sotheby’s online: 15 July 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
PASSED

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: Plate 3 (Littmann p. 97), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated ’88 and inscribed HC 10/20 (lower right)
One of 20 hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs

Pop Shop II Plate 2, 1988

Sotheby’s online: 15 July 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
PASSED

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: Plate 2 (Littmann p. 96), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated ’88 and inscribed HC 7/20 (lower right)
One of 20 hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs

 

 

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2024 Auction Results

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No single plates of Pop Shop II sold at auction in 2024. However Pop Shop Quad II sold at Sotheby’s in Hong-Kong on 11 November 2024 for HKD 360,000 (USD 45,300), and a complete set of Pop Shop II sold at Heritage Auctions on 10 December 2024 for USD 87,500.

Pop Shop II, 1988

Heritage Auctions: 10 December 2024
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 87,500
COMPLETE SET

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop II (complete portfolio, four works), 1988
Screenprints in colors on wove paper
Each: 12 x 15 inches (30.5 x 38.1 cm)
Each editioned 29/200 (aside from 20 artist’s proofs)
Each signed, editioned, and dated in pencil lower right

Pop Shop Quad II, 1988

Sotheby’s Hong-Kong: 11 November 2024
Estimated: HKD 200,000 – 300,000
HKD 360,000 / USD 46,300

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop Quad II, 1988
Silkscreen print on paper
24×30 inches (61×76 cm)
Signed, dated 88 and numbered 11/75 (lower right); inscribed (on the verso)

 

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2023 Auction Results

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3 Plates from Pop Shop II sold at auction in 2023 for a total turnover of USD 89,120, at an average price of USD 29,707.

Furthermore, Pop Shop Quad II sold at Sotheby’s, in London, on 26 September 2023 for GBP 57,150 (USD 69,517), setting a new auction record for that print.

Finally a complete set of Pop Shop II sold at auction in 2023, at Heritage Auctions, on 24 October 2023, for USD 112,500.

#1. Pop Shop II Plate 4, 1988

Phillips New-York: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 33,020

#2. Pop Shop II Plate 4, 1988

Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 28,160

#3. Pop Shop II Plate 2, 1988

 

 

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Plate 3

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Pop Shop II Plate 3 has not sold at auction in 2024, nor in 2023, nor in 2022. It last sold at Phillips in New-York on 21 October 2021 for USD 32,760.

Sotheby’s online: 15 July 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
PASSED

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: Plate 3 (Littmann p. 97), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated ’88 and inscribed HC 10/20 (lower right)
One of 20 hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs

Phillips New-York: 21 October 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 32,760

 

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Plate 4

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Pop Shop II Plate 4 sold twice at auction in 2023 at an average price of USD 30,590.

It also sold twice at auction in 2022 at an average price of USD 32,303.

 

Bonhams Cornette Paris: 13 November 2025
Estimated: EUR 20,000 – 30,000
EUR 25,600 / USD 29,675

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop II (Plate 4), 1988
(Littmann, pp. 96-97)
Screenprint in colors from the set of four on wove paper
Signed, dated in pencil and editioned HC 19/20
Aside from 200 numbered proofs
Published by Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New York

Sotheby’s online: 15 July 2025
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 25,400

KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop II: Plate 4 (Littmann p. 97), 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated ’88 and inscribed HC 9/20 (lower right)
One of 20 hors commerce impressions aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs

Phillips New-York: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 33,020

Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 28,160

Christie’s London: 28 September 2022
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 25,000
GBP 30,240 / USD 32,730

KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
One plate, from: Pop Shop II, 1988
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 23/200

Bonhams LA: 27 September 2022
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 31,875