QUIRKY WORLD ... Chinese art lover puts $170m painting on credit card

USA:  Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, who doesn’t exactly struggle to afford a plane ticket, can now likely fly free, in first class, with his whole family, anywhere in the world, for the rest of his life.

All because he bought a painting.

Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s Reclining Nude at a Christie’s auction this month — offering $170.4m (€243.1m) — and when the sale closes, he’ll be putting it on his American Express card.