Christie’s first mainland China auction raised $25m (€18.5m), with sales led by a Picasso, Patek Philippe watches and bottles of Chateau Lafite.

Eric Clapton's watch has sold at auction for £2.3m (€2.87m).

Charlie Sheen’s father is planning to stage an intervention to get him into rehab while members of his extended family in Tipperary have said the troubled star is welcomed there any time.