Section of stairs from Eiffel Tower sell for almost 170,000 euros

A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for almost 170,000 euros, around three times the pre-sale estimate. Auctioneers announced that more than two dozen wrought-iron steps from the original spiral structure, from between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark, were sold to a Middle East collector. Auction house Artcurial originally



estimated the sale price to be between 40,000 and 60,000 euros.

The stairs, which stand 4.3 metres high and were part of a private Canadian collection, date from 1889 when the legendary French engineer Gustave Eiffel built the 324-metre edifice as the centrepiece of the Paris Universal Exhibition.