A passion that knows no boundsPhilippe Ségalot's “Carte Blanche”, the auction as self-portrait THIS month saw the launch in New York of a new kind of contemporary-art auction, one in which a single major player in the art market is invited to create “the sale of his dreams”. Set up by Phillips de Pury & Company and held in the firm's new premises on the corner of Park Avenue and East 57th Street,
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