Old Hollywood sign for sale

What remains of the original Hollywood sign is now on the block for US$200,000, ($284,725).The tattered sign, dismantled and put into storage when it was replaced by the current version in 1978, is on sale on eBay.

"I'm glad there is so much interest in it," owner Dan Bliss said of the giant white letters that were 13.5m high and 135m long when they were erected on the hills above movieland in 1923. Bliss acquired the letters in 2003 but is unsure how much of the original sign remains intact as he has not been able to lay out the letters in their entirety.