Tettenhorst
Born in St.Louis, Missouri. Married to Marilyn. Harvard University (B.S., 1949) Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA, 1951).
R. Tettenhorst is a St. Louis collector best known for his half cent collection (the “Missouri Cabinet Collection”) sold by Goldberg’s in 2014. Tett is related to Eric P. Newman by marriage and both of their collecting careers followed similar arcs, being mentored as children by Burdette G. Johnson, a St. Louis dealer. After establishing professional careers, both built world-class collections. Tet worked his entire career at Edison Brothers Stores, a retail firm founded in 1922 by his father Irving and uncles Sam, Mark, Harry, and Simon. He began at Edison Brothers in 1953 after completing military service and rose to the rank for President in 1968, where he served until retiring in 1987. Edison Brothers was the largest retailer of women’s shoes in the United States, reaching $1 billion in sales in 1983.
Tett originally began by collecting large cents and, feeling he could not compete with top collectors in that field, began pursuing half cents. The Missouri Cabinet, containing pieces from Tett and the Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society , was the only collection containing every variety of circulation and proof strikes in the United States half cent series. The 2014 sale realized over $18 million, including a 1794 Cohen-7 half cent graded PCGS MS67 RB, which sold at $1.15 million. Many of the pieces came from other important half cent collections, including those of Philip M. Showers and Roger S. Cohen.
(See Bernard Alan Edison)
He used the name of his secretary, Rose Tettenhorst, to conduct his numismatic business.
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6 entries found for [year:1973]
1973Superior Galleries
Correspondence with Lawrence Goldberg at Superior Galleries.
1973Raymond Chatham Correspondence, 1973 to 1975
Correspondence between R. Tettenhorst and Raymond Chatham on the topic of half cents, copper nickels, and other subjects.
1973Del Bland Correspondence, 1973 to 2011
Correspondence between R. Tettenhorst and Del Bland on the topic of half cents, large cents, and other subjects.
1973Jeffrey M. Peck Correspondence, 1973 to 1975
A brief correspondence with Jeffrey M. Peck requesting grading information on half cents.
1973W.K. Raymond Correspondence, 1973 to 1977
Correspondence with W.K Raymond on the topic of twice struck 1804 half cents, and exchanging research on half cents in general.
1973William T. Smith Correspondence, 1973
A brief correspondence with William Smith discussing 1804 half cents.
