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Brooklyn Bridge For Sale on eBay

Aired July 16, 2002 - 05:58   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Want to buy a bridge? The Brooklyn Bridge is for sale. Truly, it is, on eBay.

But as reporter Brook Bowman (ph) explains, the Brooklyn Bridge is not located where you think it is.

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BROOK BOWMAN (ph) (voice-over): It's known as the community of flags. But Brooklyn is getting attention these days for something it's trying to get rid of.

ALEX WEHRLE, BROOKLYN RESIDENT: Since it's a pretty good looking bridge and it's a Brooklyn bridge, I thought it might be an interesting thing to put it up for auction.

BOWMAN (ph): The bridge in Brooklyn is for sale on eBay. Instead of tearing it down, city leaders wanted to let someone else have it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, they could ship the London bridge all the way from London over to Arizona. Why, I don't know why we couldn't ship the Brooklyn Bridge that way. If they want it over in London, we'll ship it there.

BOWMAN (ph): The highest bidder can take home a piece of Brooklyn's history, but for a price.

WEHRLE: You had to start somewhere, so we put $10,000.

BOWMAN (ph): And that's not including moving costs.

WEHRLE: Loading it and transporting it, that's another story. That could cost maybe a little bit more yet.

BOWMAN (ph): Still, it's a one of a kind piece, more than 75 years old. And even if the new owner doesn't know what to do with it, the mayor says bragging rights count for something.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They could boast that they got the original Brooklyn Bridge.

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CALLAWAY: That was Brook Bowman. She's with our Iowa affiliate WHO. WHO-TV.

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