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“He bought every day,” explained Linda Pinto of her late brother, interior designer Alberto Pinto. “A piece of furniture, an objet d’art—whatever he needed for himself and for the client.” On Sept. 12-14, Christie’s France will auction more than 1,000 pieces that the Morocco-born designer, whose clientele included Middle Eastern royalty and American industrialists, had made part of his personal collection before his 2012 death at 69. From nearly 6-foot Baroque-style obelisks to a colorful abstract by contemporary American painter Bill Scott, the lots highlight Mr. Pinto’s protean taste. He was “in love with many…