Collectors who wants a piece of history will be given an opportunity to own a big piece of Eiffel Towel stairway on November 19 when the Paris' Drouot auction house place the 4.5 meter-high segment of the stairway under the hammer.

In a statement, the auction house expects the 15-foot segment, which weighs at least 1,540 lbs to fetch between $21,000 to $28,000.

The segment to be auctioned off is part of stairs climbed in pre-elevator times by Gustave Eiffel on March 31, 1889 to hoist the French flag.

In December 2003, the entire staircase was cut into 24 pieces and sold at an auction. However, one piece remains at the monument for public display, three were donated to French museums, and the remainder were bought during the bidding.

In May 1925, accomplished con artist Victor Lustig from Czechoslovakia sold the Eiffel Tower Twice after convincing some businessman the government does not intend to make the structure a permanent landscape of France.