The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower for Scrap

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The Eiffel Tower was for sale somewhere in the 1930s! Victor Lustig was a famous con-man who was 46 years old at the time. While in Paris, he made an enormous business deal - he sold the Eiffel Tower twice! Famous English national monuments were also for sale during the 1920s. You could buy Big Ben, Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, and Buckingham Palace. How was it all possible? Let's find out!

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