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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.
She Got So Hooked on Watches That She Started a Website
The more Elizabeth Doerr learned about timepieces, the more she was enthralled. Now she’s editor of an online magazine.
Elizabeth Doerr is co-founder and editor in chief of QuillandPad.com.Credit.Ralf Baumgarten
Sometimes it’s the unexpected turns in life that set us on the right path.
For the Detroit-born Elizabeth Doerr, those have included winning a scholarship for graduate studies in Germany, where she would meet her future husband, raise a family and be introduced to the world of high-end mechanical watches.
Now, as co-founder and editor in chief of the seven-year-old website QuillandPad.com, she focuses on independent and high-end makers, working in a suite on the top floor of her home in Karlsruhe, Germany, with a view over the rooftops and rock music playing in the background.
Right now in the middle of a pandemic, in the midst of a global uprising for racial justice, in home lives that feel chaotic and overwhelming space feels like a luxury.
Space means being alone. Anywhere. In the shower. On the toilet. In the car on the way to the grocery store. Anywhere we can be where the people from our own household are not.
But as we dig deeper into that idea of the space that we crave, it s not just the physical space we want. It goes well beyond just being by ourselves. We need a room of our own. We need to find solace in a moment s peace, away from the jumble of logistics running through our heads. Away from that ever-building cloud of worry about all the things we need to do for work, while also managing our kids virtual learning and feeling increasingly saddened and worried by the state of our world.
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