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...Paul Revere, even though myth-shattering experts agree that Revere was no better than other Boston silversmiths of his day. A three-piece Revere tea set was sold for $70,000 last year, up from about the $30,000 it was traded for only five years earlier. Says Kevin Tierney, 26, the sharp-eyed Irish appraiser that Manhattan's Parke-Bernet Galleries imported a year ago to smarten up its silver department: "You've no idea what that ride has done for Revere's trade...
...Tierney admits he is amazed by the fast-moving U.S. silver market. "If two people in New York decide to bid against each other for something," he says in wonder, "they don't care what they pay. That doesn't happen in London. Competitive bidding only goes as far as each thinks the value to be." Under his knowledgeable supervision, Parke-Bernet's volume in silver sales has leap-frogged from $388,320 in 1967 to $1,197,785 last year...
...Well, you want to see Mr. Tierney; he's the Deputy...
...Tierney said that "most of the recruiting is being done by the black students." Almost all of the Business School's 32 black students are making weekend trips to different schools as spokesmen for the admissions office. The participation of black students in admissions recruitment followed meetings earlier this year between black students and an admissions group...
...Tierney added that the average fellowship per student next year will...