Up at auction in Paris last week came a rusty, mildewed guillotine certified to have cut off more than 1,000 aristocratic heads during the French Revolution. After brisk bidding it was knocked down for 30,000 francs ($1,980) to a buyer who refused to give his name. Reporters thought they recognized the owner of a brothel which boasts that its "torture room" is the most authentically equipped in Paris.
Depression being what it is in France, this struggling emporium of tourist thrills offers for 150 francs ($10) in the afternoon or 450 francs ($30)...
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