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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9 entries found for [year:1991]
1991Roger Cohen Sale: Miscellaneous Material
Miscellaneous materials related to the Roger Cohen sale.
1991Roger S. Cohen Jr. Sale
Full title, as written by Tettenhorst: "Roger S. Cohen Jr. Sale: My preliminary notes regarding die slates of my collection and Roger's, with subsequent comments made after inspecting the coins in the sale, and in some cases comparing them with mine." Date approximate.
1991Pete Boisevert Correspondence, 1991 to 1996
Correspondence between R. Tettenhorst and Pete Boisevert on the topic of half cents and other subjects.
1991William "Bill" Eckberg Correspondence, 1991 to 2012
Correspondence between R. Tettenhorst and William "Bill" Eckberg on the topic of half cents and other subjects.
1991Jonathan K. Kern Correspondence, 1991
A brief correspondence with Jonathan K. Kern on the topic of a 1794 thin planchet.
1991William Noyes Correspondence, 1991 to 2000
Correspondence with William Noyes in which the two exchange their research on half cents.
12/1/1991Preliminary Writeups of Roger Cohen Sale by Frank Wilkinson and Mike Packard... Part I: 1793-1804.
Full Title: "Preliminary Writeups of Roger Cohen Sale by Frank Wilkinson and Mike Packard (With Additional Grading by Jim McGuigan). Part I: 1793-1804." Date approximate.
12/2/1991Preliminary Writeups of Roger Cohen Sale: Part II, 1805-1857
Full title: "Preliminary Writeups of Roger Cohen Sale: Part II, 1805-1857".
12/3/1991Preliminary Writeup of Roger Cohen Sale with Frank Wilkinson's Extensive Editing Suggestions
Full title, as written by Tettenhorst: "Preliminary Writeup of Roger Cohen Sale with Frank Wilkinson's Extensive Editing Suggestions (Mostly Ignored in Final Catalogue). List of Roger's Grades for his best of each variety. Also, Frank's copy of the catalogue with some comments and with his suggestions as to what I should buy. My letter to him of 1/29/92; 9/9/91. My notes of Telcon FW 10/29/91."
