An Auctioneer Who Can Sell Almost Anything, at Record Prices
Rahul Kadakia of Christie’s has sold the most expensive wristwatch, the priciest blue diamond and even, early on, a salad.
Rahul Kadakia has been at Christie’s since 1996. Credit.Christie’s
By Kathleen Beckett
April 6, 2021, 5:06 a.m. ET
Rahul Kadakia may have brought the hammer down on the auction world’s priciest wristwatch sale 31 million Swiss francs ($33 million) for a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime but an early career experience was far less lofty.
“Sell me this salad,” François Curiel, then Christie’s global head of jewelry and chairman of its European operations, instructed a 24-year-old Mr. Kadakia one day at lunch in Geneva.
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The Love For Wedding Gifts
This Fabergé tiara was a wedding gift from Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin to his bride Princess Alexandra of Hanover and Cumberland. But it arrived too late for the big day, and Princess Alexandra had to wear the traditional Hanoverian nuptial crown. The special wedding gift arrived a month later and during the Court Ball organized by the city of Schwerin on 8 July, Princess Alexandra wore the aquamarine tiara for the first time. This eleg