When the Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889, the only way up was via a 1,911-step staircase. Gustave Eiffel himself climbed those stairs to inaugurate the monument at the site of the World's Fair in Paris. In 1983, the staircase was removed and cut into 24 pieces which were then auctioned off to museums and collectors. If you didn't get one then, now is your chance. A piece of that staircase is being
auctioned at Hotel Drouot auction house on November 19. The 14-foot section once linked the second and third levels on the monument and is expected to fetch between $29,000 and $44,000.
