Steps from Eiffel Tower sell for 85,000 euros

A piece of a staircase from the Eiffel Tower sold at auction for 85,000 euros (124,000 dollars) in Paris on Monday. The 7.8-metre chunk of the tower's spiral staircase, containing 40 steps, was part of a larger piece removed from the tower in 1983.
It was bought on Monday by an ironworker from the town of Troyes, east of Paris, during a sale of Paris-themed souvenirs at the Drouot auction house. The man, who declined to give his name, told AFP he planned to "cut it up and re-sell it." He said he had done the same with a piece of the Berlin Wall.