I know this is deluded, but the semiannual photography auction catalogs always make me feel like shopping. With estimates reaching up into the six figures, the material is not exactly in the J. Crew range, so any spending I'm tempted to do is entirely vicarious. With all practical considerations put aside, why not splurge? Flipping through Swann's lots, I decide on Andy Warhol's Polaroid portrait of Halston, Allen Ginsberg's snapshot of William... More >>>