PARIS—A piece of the original spiral staircase from the Eiffel Tower, Paris’s most famous attraction, was sold for $190,885 (169,000 euros) on Nov. 27, a spokesman for auction house Artcurial said, three times the initial estimate.
The successful bidder, an unidentified collector from the Middle East, acquired a section of the 129-year-old iron landmark that measures 14 feet (4.3 meters) in height, weighs about 1,984 pounds (900 kilos) and includes about 25 steps.
