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 III features Haring’s characteristically cartoonish figures interacting with some kind of computer, 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.
Introduction
The portfolio was released three 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.
Pop Shop III, 1989
Pop Shop III
The complete set of four screenprints in colors
Medium: Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Year: 1989
Image: 11 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches (29.5 x 37.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (34×42 cm)
Edition: 200
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 10 PP
Hors Commerce: 20 HC
Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New-York
Printer: Durham Press, Inc., Durham, Pennsylvania
Literature: Littmann pages 144-145
Each signed dated and numbered in pencil, with an iguana blindstamp
1. Plate 1 (Littmann p. 144)
2. Plate 2 (Littmann p. 144)
3. Plate 3 (Littmann p. 145)
4. Plate 4 (Littmann p. 145)
Auction Market Overview
2025 Auction Highlights
5 Plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2025 for a total turnover of USD 142,490, at an average price of USD 28,498.
The highest price of 2025 was achieved by Pop Shop III Plate 4 that sold at Phillips, in London, on 5 June 2025, for GBP 25,400 (USD 34,290). In fact it sold twice at auction in 2025, as another print also sold at Phillips, in London, on 18 September 2025 for GBP 23,220 (USD 31,580).
Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Phillips London: 5 June 2025
Estimated: GBP 20,000 – 30,000
GBP 25,400 / USD 34,290
An hors commerce impression, the edition was 200 and 20 artist’s proofs
Pop Shop III Plate 2 also sold twice at auction in 2025, at an average price of USD 22,521. It sold at Phillips, in London, on 18 September 2025, for GBP 18,860 (USD 24,560), its highest price in 2025.
Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 18,860 / USD 24,560
2024 Auction Highlights
3 Plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2024. Plate 2 sold at Sotheby’s in New-York on 22 October 2024 for USD 24,000. Plate 3 sold twice, at Phillips in New-York on 22 October 2024 for USD 38,100, and at LA Modern, on 4 September 2024 for USD 32,760, the highest price in 2024 for a Plate of Pop Shop III.
Pop Shop III Plate 3, 1989
LA Modern: 4 September 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 32,760
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 3 (from the Pop Shop III portfolio), 1989
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to lower right ‘182/200 Haring 89’
Furthermore, a complete set of Pop Shop III sold at De Vuyst on 2 March 2024 for EUR 125,000 (USD 134,285), setting a new auction record for a complete set of Pop Shop III.
Pop Shop III, 1989
De Vuyst: 2 March 2024
Estimated: EUR 80,000 – 100,000
EUR 125,000 / USD 134,285
COMPLETE SET
AUCTION RECORD FOR A COMPLETE SET OF POP SHOP III
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
Serigraph on paper
Each signed, dated and numbered 148/200
2023 Auction Highlights
Only 1 plate of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2023. Plate 2 sold at Swann Galleries on 8 June 2023 for USD 30,000.
Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Swann Galleries: 8 June 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 30,000
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop III, 1989
Color screen-print on white wove paper
One of 20 numbered hors commerce impressions, aside from the edition of 200
Signed, dated, inscribed “HC” and numbered 12/20 in pencil, lower right margin
Furthermore, one complete set of Pop Shop III sold in 2023, at Heritage Auctions, on 18 April 2023, for USD 125,000.
Pop Shop III, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 18 April 2023
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 100,000
USD 125,000
COMPLETE SET
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
4 lithographs in colors on wove paper
Each signed, numbered ‘121/200’ and dated in pencil lower right
2022 Auction Highlights
3 Plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2022. Plate 1 sold at China Guardian, in Hong-Kong, on 9 October 2022, for HKD 180,000 (USD 22,930) at and Dorotheum in Vienna on 10 October 2022 for EUR 25,600 (USD 24,810). Plate 4 sold at Heritage Auctions on 26 October 2022 for USD 27,500.
Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 26 October 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ’56/200′ and dated in pencil lower right
Moreover, Pop Shop Quad III sold at Uppsala in Stockholm on 10 November 2022 for SEK 487,500 (USD 44,815).
Pop Shop Quad III, 1989
Uppsala Stockholm: 10 November 2022
Estimated: SEK 150,000 – 200,000
SEK 390,000 (Hammer)
SEK 487,500 / USD 44,815
KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Pop Shop Quad III”, 1989
Screenprint in colors
With the stamped certificate signed by Julia Gruen, Executor for the Keith Haring Estate
Dated 20 May 1991
Edition # PP 3/5
2025 Auction Results
5 Plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2025 for a total turnover of USD 142,490, at an average price of USD 28,498.
The highest price of 2025 was achieved by Pop Shop III Plate 4 that sold at Phillips, in London, on 5 June 2025, for GBP 25,400 (USD 34,290). In fact it sold twice at auction in 2025, as another print also sold at Phillips, in London, on 18 September 2025 for GBP 23,220 (USD 31,580).
Pop Shop III Plate 2 also sold twice at auction in 2025, at an average price of USD 22,521. It sold at Phillips, in London, on 18 September 2025, for GBP 18,860 (USD 24,560), its highest price in 2025.
#1. Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Phillips London: 5 June 2025
Estimated: GBP 20,000 – 30,000
GBP 25,400 / USD 34,290
An hors commerce impression, the edition was 200 and 20 artist’s proofs
#2. Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 23,220 / USD 31,580
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
#3. Pop Shop III Plate 1, 1989
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
#4. Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 18,860 / USD 24,560
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
#5. Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
KEITH HARING (American, 1958-1990)
Pop Shop III: one plate (Plate 2) (Littmann p. 144), 1989
Color screenprint
Signed, dated, and numbered 112/200 in pencil
2024 Auction Results
3 Plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2024. Plate 2 sold at Sotheby’s in New-York on 22 October 2024 for USD 24,000. Plate 3 sold twice, at Phillips in New-York on 22 October 2024 for USD 38,100, and at LA Modern, on 4 September 2024 for USD 32,760, the highest price in 2024 for a Plate of Pop Shop III.
Furthermore, a complete set of Pop Shop III sold at De Vuyst on 2 March 2024 for EUR 125,000 (USD 134,285), setting a new auction record for a complete set of Pop Shop III.
Pop Shop III, 1989
De Vuyst: 2 March 2024
Estimated: EUR 80,000 – 100,000
EUR 125,000 / USD 134,285
COMPLETE SET
AUCTION RECORD FOR A COMPLETE SET OF POP SHOP III
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
Serigraph on paper
Each signed, dated and numbered 148/200
XXXXXXXXXX
#1. Pop Shop III Plate 3, 1989
LA Modern: 4 September 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 32,760
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 3 (from the Pop Shop III portfolio), 1989
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to lower right ‘182/200 Haring 89’
#2. Pop Shop III Plate 3, 1989
Phillips New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 38,100
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop III: one plate (L. p. 145), 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (34.3 x 41.9 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 48/200 in pencil (there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
#3. Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Sotheby’s New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 24,000
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: Plate 2 (Littmann p. 144), 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches (34.3 x 41.7 cm)
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed PP 3/10
One of ten printer’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs
2023 Auction Results
Only 1 plate of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2023. Plate 2 sold at Swann Galleries on 8 June 2023 for USD 30,000. Furthermore, one complete set of Pop Shop III sold in 2023, at Heritage Auctions, on 18 April 2023, for USD 125,000.
Pop Shop III, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 18 April 2023
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 100,000
USD 125,000
COMPLETE SET
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
4 lithographs in colors on wove paper
Each signed, numbered ‘121/200’ and dated in pencil lower right
XXXXXXXXX
Pop Shop III Plate 2, 1989
Swann Galleries: 8 June 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 30,000
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop III, 1989
Color screen-print on white wove paper
One of 20 numbered hors commerce impressions, aside from the edition of 200
Signed, dated, inscribed “HC” and numbered 12/20 in pencil, lower right margin
2022 Auction Results
3 plates of Pop Shop III sold at auction in 2022. Plate 1 sold at China Guardian in Hong-Kong on 9 October 2022 for HKD 180,000 (USD 22,930) at and Dorotheum in Vienna on 10 October 2022 for EUR 25,600 (USD 24,810). Plate 4 sold at Heritage Auctions on 26 October 2022 for USD 27,500.
Moreover, Pop Shop Quad III sold at Uppsala in Stockholm on 10 November 2022 for SEK 487,500 (USD 44,815).
#1. Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 26 October 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ’56/200′ and dated in pencil lower right
#2. Pop Shop III Plate 1, 1989
Dorotheum Vienna: 10 October 2022
Estimated: EUR 12,000 – 18,000
EUR 25,600 / USD 24,810
KEITH HARING (Kutztown 1958-1990 New York)
“Pop Shop III”, (Littmann 144) 1989
Silkscreen in color on wove paper laid down on cardboard
Signed and dated Keith Haring 89
No. 39 from the edition of 200 numbered impressions
#3. Pop Shop III Plate 1, 1989
China Guardian Hong-Kong: 9 October 2022
Estimated: HKD 120,000 – 180,000
HKD 180,000 / USD 22,930
Pop Shop III, 1989
Screenprint
Numbered 77/200, signed in English and dated on bottom right
XXXXXXXXXX
Pop Shop Quad III, 1989
Uppsala Stockholm: 10 November 2022
Estimated: SEK 150,000 – 200,000
SEK 390,000 (Hammer)
SEK 487,500 / USD 44,815
KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Pop Shop Quad III”, 1989
Screenprint in colors
With the stamped certificate signed by Julia Gruen, Executor for the Keith Haring Estate
Dated 20 May 1991
Edition # PP 3/5
2021 Auction Results
WORK IN PROGRESS
Pop Shop III Plate 1, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 22 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ‘P.P. 6/10’ and dated in pencil lower right
A Printer’s Proof aside from an edition of 200 and 20 Artist’s Proofs
Pop Shop III Plate 3, 1989
Sotheby’s New-York: 16 September 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 37,800
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: One Plate (Littmann p. 145), 1989
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 97/200
Pop Shop III Plate 3, 1989
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III: one print, 1989
Screen-print in colors, on wove paper
signed and dated in pencil, numbered 155/200
(there were also twenty artist’s proofs)
Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Sotheby’s New-York: 23 April 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 63,000
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: One plate (Littmann p. 145), 1989
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed ‘HC 18/20’
An hors commerce impression aside from the numbered edition of 200
Pop Shop III Plate 4, 1989
Heritage Auctions: 22 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ‘P.P. 6/10’ and dated in pencil lower right
A Printer’s Proof aside from an edition of 200 and 20 Artist’s Proofs
Plate 1
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
Dorotheum Vienna: 10 October 2022
Estimated: EUR 12,000 – 18,000
EUR 25,600 / USD 24,810
KEITH HARING (Kutztown 1958-1990 New York)
“Pop Shop III”, (Littmann 144) 1989
Silkscreen in color on wove paper laid down on cardboard
Signed and dated Keith Haring 89
No. 39 from the edition of 200 numbered impressions
China Guardian Hong-Kong: 9 October 2022
Estimated: HKD 120,000 – 180,000
HKD 180,000 / USD 22,930
Pop Shop III, 1989
Screenprint
Numbered 77/200, signed in English and dated on bottom right
Heritage Auctions: 22 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ‘P.P. 6/10’ and dated in pencil lower right
A Printer’s Proof aside from an edition of 200 and 20 Artist’s Proofs
Plate 2
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
KEITH HARING (American, 1958-1990)
Pop Shop III: one plate (Plate 2) (Littmann p. 144), 1989
Color screenprint
Signed, dated, and numbered 112/200 in pencil
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 18,860 / USD 24,560
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
Sotheby’s New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 24,000
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: Plate 2 (Littmann p. 144), 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 3/8 inches (34.3 x 41.7 cm)
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed PP 3/10
One of ten printer’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 200 plus 20 artist’s proofs
Swann Galleries: 8 June 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 30,000
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop III, 1989
Color screen-print on white wove paper
One of 20 numbered hors commerce impressions, aside from the edition of 200
Signed, dated, inscribed “HC” and numbered 12/20 in pencil, lower right margin
Sotheby’s New-York: 28 July 2020
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 12,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
POP SHOP III: ONE PLATE (LITTMANN P. 144), 1989
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 51/200
Plate 3
Phillips New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 38,100
KEITH HARING
Pop Shop III: one plate (L. p. 145), 1989
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (34.3 x 41.9 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 48/200 in pencil (there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
LA Modern: 4 September 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 32,760
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Plate 3 (from the Pop Shop III portfolio), 1989
Screenprint in colors
Signed, dated and numbered to lower right ‘182/200 Haring 89’
Sotheby’s New-York: 16 September 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 37,800
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: One Plate (Littmann p. 145), 1989
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 97/200
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III: one print, 1989
Screen-print in colors, on wove paper
signed and dated in pencil, numbered 155/200
(there were also twenty artist’s proofs)
Plate 4
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 23,220 / USD 31,580
(there were also 20 artist’s proofs)
Phillips London: 5 June 2025
Estimated: GBP 20,000 – 30,000
GBP 25,400 / USD 34,290
An hors commerce impression, the edition was 200 and 20 artist’s proofs
Heritage Auctions: 26 October 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ’56/200′ and dated in pencil lower right
Sotheby’s New-York: 23 April 2021
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 63,000
KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
Pop Shop III: One plate (Littmann p. 145), 1989
Screen-print in colors
Signed in pencil, dated and inscribed ‘HC 18/20’
An hors commerce impression aside from the numbered edition of 200
Heritage Auctions: 22 April 2021
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 27,500
KEITH HARING
Untitled, from Pop Shop III, 1989
Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Signed, numbered ‘P.P. 6/10’ and dated in pencil lower right
A Printer’s Proof aside from an edition of 200 and 20 Artist’s Proofs
Complete Sets
De Vuyst: 2 March 2024
Estimated: EUR 80,000 – 100,000
EUR 125,000 / USD 134,285
COMPLETE SET
AUCTION RECORD FOR A COMPLETE SET OF POP SHOP III
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
Serigraph on paper
Each signed, dated and numbered 148/200
Heritage Auctions: 18 April 2023
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 100,000
USD 125,000
COMPLETE SET
KEITH HARING (1958-1990)
Pop Shop III, 1989
4 lithographs in colors on wove paper
Each signed, numbered ‘121/200’ and dated in pencil lower right
Pop Shop Quad III, 1989
Pop Shop Quad III
Medium: Screen-print in colors on wove paper
Year: 1989
Sheet: 27×33 inches (68.5 x 83.5 cm)
Edition: 75
Publisher: Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, New-York
Literature: Littmann p. 142
Each signed dated and numbered in pencil, with an iguana blindstamp
Auction Results
Uppsala Stockholm: 10 November 2022
Estimated: SEK 150,000 – 200,000
SEK 390,000 (Hammer)
SEK 487,500 / USD 44,815
KEITH HARING (USA 1958‑1990)
”Pop Shop Quad III”, 1989
Screenprint in colors
With the stamped certificate signed by Julia Gruen, Executor for the Keith Haring Estate
Dated 20 May 1991
Edition # PP 3/5
Rago: 5 May 2018
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 15,000
USD 15,000
KEITH HARING (American, 1958-1990)
Pop Shop Quad III, 1989
Screen-print in colors
Stamped with the artist’s estate stamp on the reverse
Signed, dated and numbered 8/75 by the executor Julia Gruen in pencil on the reverse