Piece From Eiffel Tower Sold For £ 76k

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Saturday, December 19, 2009, 13:04

A section of an Eiffel Tower staircase was sold off for 76,000 pounds at an auction in Paris.

The 7.8m piece having 40 steps, was a part of a larger piece removed from the tower in 1983.

An ironworker from the town of Troyes, east of Paris, bought the article from a sale of Paris themed mementos at the Drouot auction house.

The staircase from which the piece was chipped off was brought down in 1983 and broken up into 24 parts for sale.