France is desperate, they are selling the Eiffel Tower
Posted On Saturday, November 17, 2007 at at 5:54 AM by Eddie
Well, not really the entire tower, they are going to auction off a section of its winding iron staircase at the Hotel Drouot auction house on Monday.
-taken from CBC-
In 1983, the 1,911-step staircase was removed to make room for new elevators and was cut into 24 pieces that were auctioned off to museums and collectors around the world.
The four-metre piece for sale once helped link the monument's second and third levels, and is expected to sell for between $29,000 and $44,000, said auctioneer Remi Ader.
The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair that celebrated the centennial of the French Revolution. About six million people visit the Paris landmark every year.
