Someone bought a piece of the Eiffel Tower for a rather large sum of money
The Eiffel Tower is extremely classy. Wouldn't it be cool to own like, a little part of it?
A staircase, say.
Well, guess what, someone actually bought a section of the original Eiffel Tower staircase for a rather large sum of money recently.
The 25-step section is part of the original staircase from when the Eiffel Tower opened in 1889. The section in question —which weighs 750 kilos — was used to climb the iron tower in the days before lifts were introduced to the structure in 1983.
The staircase was auctioned for a whopping 169,000 euros (£150,380; $192,174) to an anonymous bidder in the Middle East. The section was previously owned by a private collection in Canada, per Reuters.
Hope the new owner puts it to good use!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
