You Can Buy A Piece Of The Eiffel Tower For $45K

Taylor Mead
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Photo credit: Ian.CuiYi - Getty Images
Photo credit: Ian.CuiYi - Getty Images

From House Beautiful

'Tis certainly the holiday season and though the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are headed our way, my best advice would be to reconsider where you spend your money. Why, you ask? Because on November 27th, you could be the potential owner of a home decor item that no one-literally no one-else in the world will have: a piece of the original spiral staircase on the Eiffel Tower.

#EIFFEL In honor of one of the most emblematic monuments in the world, a segment of the Eiffel Tower staircase will be auctioned on the 27th November. This historical piece is over 4 meters high and comes from the original spiral staircase from 1889. What other piece could possibly be auctioned from the @toureiffelofficielle ? . GUSTAVE EIFFEL - Staircase of the Eiffel Tower – 1889 Bolted wrought iron Estimate: 40 000 - 60 000 € . Art Déco Auction on the 27th of November . #artcurial #auction #eiffeltower #gustaveeiffel #staircase #auctionhouse #paris #monument #france #historicalpiece

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Oui, c'est vrai! Artcurial, an international auction house based in Paris, will be accepting bids on a true piece of history. The spiral staircase, which measures over 4 meters tall-or about 13 feet-was the original structure found on the Tower in 1889.

Though the artifact will definitely sell fast, it'll cost you a pretty penny. I mean, if you can spend the estimated 40,000 to 60,000€ (AKA about $45,478.04 to $68,217.06) on a piece of the Eiffel Tower, you can probably afford to give in to those pre-holiday sales.

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