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A piece of the Eiffel Tower’s original staircase is going to auction

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 15, 2026
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Eiffel Tower (imonasaftas/shutterstock.com)

An unidentified French businessman has been storing a 9-foot section of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase for more than four decades. In May, auction house Artcurial will sell the 14-step piece, which dates to the tower’s construction for the 1889 World’s Fair. The estimate: €120,000 to €150,000 ($14…

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