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    Love For Sale: Famed 'Love Locks' Of Paris Bridges To Be Sold At Auction

    The locks are estimated to cost from hundreds of dollars to around $10,000. They'll be sold in lots that range from small clusters to complete fence grids from the Pont des Arts.
    by Bill Chappell May 03, 2017 1 minute
    A couple kiss in front of love padlocks on the Pont Neuf in Paris. The city of Paris is organizing an auction of love locks from the Pont des Arts and other bridges, with profits going to groups that aid refugees.

    They were left on bridges in Paris as tokens of affection. Now thousands of padlocks — many with lovers' names and messages scrawled on them — are heading to the auction block.

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