I'm sorry but I don't believe your friend is accurate. My father's demolition company tore down the house and the staircase was not sold to anyone. I personally witnessed it being taken to metal recyclers. Unless the metal recyclers, who did not know the origins of the staircase, sold it to her directly, she probably just has a similar one. It was a solid steel staircase that weighed over a half a ton, my father was going to cut the second step out with a cutting torch but when it was dismantled they discovered that it was far too thick to cut in that way. We all took souvenirs from the house, mainly crystals from the chandeliers and bricks. There was nothing sold to anyone besides metal recyclers.
