Twitter Is Auctioning Off Outdated Objects with Former Logos — and Even Promoting Desk Chairs — Amid X Rebrand
Twitter (now generally known as X) is clearing out reminders of its previous.
The social media firm is auctioning off previous gadgets related to the earlier moniker and logos from its headquarters, CNN reported Thursday.
About 584 gadgets, comparable to memorabilia, workplace furnishings and electronics, are up for bidding beginning at $25, in accordance with Heritage International Companions, which is overseeing the public sale in San Francisco. The sale is scheduled to happen from Sept. 12 to 14. X was not capable of instantly remark when reached by PEOPLE.
Amongst a number of the particular objects up for public sale are a Twitter fowl neon marquee signal, an “@” neon marquee mild signal, a Twitter hashtag with a fowl brand show, a fowl cage with a welded Twitter fowl, “@ #” white statues — and even desk chairs.
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Art work additionally will not be spared from X’s workplace sale. A few of these objects embrace a portray of Ellen DeGeneres’ viral Oscar selfie from 2014, a Robin Williams Twitter tribute within the type of a “picture mosaic of movie star tribute tweets” and a portray of former President Barack Obama.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk bought Twitter in Oct. 2022 for $44 billion and introduced the corporate’s rebranding as X final month.
On July 23, he posted: “Quickly we will bid adieu to the Twitter model and, progressively, all of the birds.”
The tech mogul additionally mentioned on the time: “Within the months to come back, we’ll add complete communications and the flexibility to conduct your complete monetary world. The Twitter identify doesn’t make sense in that context, so we should bid adieu to the fowl.”
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