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Pete Howard

Pete Howard is Director of Concert Posters for Heritage Auctions.

Pete Howard started off as a professional disc jockey in the 1970’s before moving to an executive role with CBS Records for several years. He later headed up the radio syndication firm that created Earth News and Country News. His entrepreneurial phase began by founding, publishing and editing ICE magazine for 19 years, which England’s New Musical Express called "probably the best source of CD news in the world.” Concurrently, Howard was also a Contributing Editor for Rolling Stone magazine, covering CD news for them in a regular column.

Howard has appeared often in the media as an expert in the field of music. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, Billboard, TV Guide, Playboy, USA Today, Vogue, Entertainment Weekly and on over 100 occasions in the Los Angeles Times. He also has appeared on CNN’s Showbiz Today and Geraldo Rivera's TV show, and recorded pilots for PBS-TV and MTV.

As a collector, artifacts from Pete’s personal collection have been displayed in eight different museums around the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Pete joined Heritage’s Entertainment and Music Memorabilia department in 2019 as a Consignment Director.


The Day the Music Died Comes Alive

Heritage Auctions is pleased to present what many are calling the most valuable concert poster in existence… the Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Winter Dance Party” concert poster from February 3, 1959, which is truly, exactly “the day the music died,” as anointed by Don McLean’s legendary “American Pie” song. It’s chilling, it’s sad, it’s […]

Big Auction July 9 of Concert Posters, Handbills, Tickets and Promo Posters

From our wonderful Signature concert-poster auction coming up July 9, we’ve got another great cross-section of concert posters, handbills, tickets, and promo posters to offer you to help escape the summer heat. With only three Signature auctions a year and Heritage’s user database of 1.5 million registered customers, we’re bound to have fabulous items every […]