Ever wished to own a genuine Twitter bird statue? Today’s your fortunate day. In a 27-hour blitz Twitter auction– the most recent installation to the insanity that is Elon Musk purchasing Twitter– the tech giant is selling furnishings and decoration from its San Francisco head office. Organized through Heritage Global Partners, the sale is undoubtedly loaded with some good things: There are Eames molded plywood lounge chairs, a Womb chair, a couple of Bertoia Diamond chairs, and a Fritz Hansen chair, among others. As one Twitter user pointed out, the business does have strong taste when it concerns midcentury-modern furnishings– although much of the pieces now cost more than their initial worth. Naturally, there’s likewise a lot of weird things, like a pack of 70,000 KN95 masks— if that seems like excessive, do not stress, there’s likewise a lot with 20,800 masks.
Nevertheless, the most desired products from the Twitter auction aren’t the renowned style pieces, and even the several La Marzocco espresso makers, however rather the big blue bird decoration in the shape of the Twitter logo design. At the time of composing, bidding on a 41-inch-tall statue is up $21,000, while bidding on a 10-foot-tall neon Twitter logo design light is nearing $26,000. “Seems like a piece of history is up for sale,” one Twitter user discussed the statue– which may discuss why some want to pay upwards of a year’s worth of lease for the special piece of decoration.
Like the app itself, the Twitter auction has, more than anything, offered a fast source of home entertainment– a minimum of for the individual not on the hunt for business souvenirs. One user even made a point to live-tweet the cost boosts of the huge bird from when the auction initially started– back when the opening bid was $25.
