• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Heritage Auctions Blog

Blog | Articles for Collectors

  Blog | Articles for Collectors
  • Home
  • Our Authors
  • HA.COM
  • ▼ Filter by Article Type
    • Auction Preview
    • Auction Results
    • Collecting Guide
    • Icon Spotlight
    • Interview
    • Opinion Piece
    • Long Story
    • Specialist Picks
    • Whats it Worth?
    • 5 for Friday
    • Video
  • ▼ Filter by Category
    • American Art
    • Americana & Political
    • Animation Art
    • Asian Art
    • Automobilia
    • Charity
    • Civil War, Militaria, Arms & Armor
    • Collecting
    • Comics
    • Comic Art
    • Currency
    • Entertainment & Music
    • Ethnographic Art
    • European Art
    • Fine Art
    • Historical
    • Jewelry
    • Luxury
    • Modern & Contemporary Art
    • Movie Posters
    • Nature & Science
    • Numismatics
    • Photography
    • Prints & Multiples
    • Rare Books
    • Silver & Vertu
    • Sneakers
    • Space Exploration
    • Sports
    • Texana
    • Timepieces
    • U.S. Coins
    • Video Games
    • Wine
    • World Coins
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

buddy holly poster

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 […]

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

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

poster

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 […]

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

Poster Buyers Continue to Bust Down the Door

beatles concert poster

Everyone here is still all a-twitter about our world-record-setting prices in the April 16 concert posters auction.  I was extra jazzed because it was the first live auction I’d attended in person in Dallas since the pandemic struck two years ago. It was also the first time I’d been enlisted to take live bidding on […]

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

Beatles and Stones Rock This Weekend’s Poster Auction

rolling stones album

Don’t miss these amazing concert posters from 1966, including The Beatles ’66 Shea Stadium concert poster in brilliant unrestored condition.

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

Dozens of Concert Posters Graded 9 Plus in April 16 Auction

graded concert poster

Don’t miss the April 16 Music Memorabilia Signature Auction featuring 55 posters graded 9.0 and higher.

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan with Four Deleted Tracks Leads Boffo March Vinyl Auction

bob dylan album

Pete Howard Gets Severe Flashback from the David Swartz Vintage Vinyl Collection.

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

Bindweed Press Poster Collection in Spring Auction

concert poster

The Bindweed Press poster collection is going up for auction this spring, in our April Signature and May Showcase auctions.

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

December Concert Poster Auction Has Psychedelic, Rock, Grunge, and Jazz

What do the Grateful Dead, Van Halen, Duke Ellington, Elvis, and Nirvana have in common? Those and more are in our December 2021 concert poster and handbill auction.

Entertainment & Music — Auction Preview by Pete Howard

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to Blog

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new blog posts.

Search the Articles

Recent Articles

  • Fighting Video Game Showcase Auction – 44189 Preview
  • Scarce Satirical Scrip Notes from the Hard Times Panic of 1837
  • Video Game Art Signature Auction Preview
  • Nintendo 64 Hidden Gems Part 2
  • Early Coin Holders Command Attention

Footer

HEADQUARTERS

photograph - building at evening.
2801 W Airport Fwy
Dallas, Texas 75261-6199
Northwest corner of West Airport Freeway and Valley View Lane
877-HERITAGE (437-4824)
(214) 528-3500
Fax: (214) 409-1425

COMPANY INFO

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Intern Program
  • Plan a Visit to Heritage
  • Public Relations
  • Appraisals
  • Trusts & Estates
  • Charity Services
Heritage Auctions is a BBB Accredited Auctioneer in Dallas, TX

HERITAGE OFFICES

  • Beverly Hills
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Europe
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hong Kong
  • London
  • New York City
  • Palm Beach
  • Spain

HELP

  • Contact Us
  • About Consigning
  • Meet our Experts
  • Feedback or Report a Problem
  • Order our Auction Catalogs
  • Bidding Tutorial
  • Website Tips
  • Privacy Policy
  • Website Use Agreement
  • Accessibility Notice
  • Sitemap

© 2014–2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved