Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is set to auction vintage Twitter memorabilia at the company’s San Francisco headquarters. This comes less than a month after Musk surprised the tech world by announcing Twitter’s rebranding. The auction will feature a wide range of items, including office decor, vintage signage, paintings, and even the iconic bird logo.
A report in The Guardian states that a total of 584 products will be up for sale, with a minimum offer of $25 for each item. The bidding is scheduled to begin on September 12 and conclude on September 14. Among the unique items available for auction are a wooden Twitter bird table, oversized bird cages, and paintings from around Twitter’s offices in California.
Notable artworks included in the sale are oil paintings of Ellen De Generes’s famous selfie at the 2014 Oscars and former US President Barack Obama’s picture after winning a second term in 2012. Both images went viral on the social media platform, adding to the significance of the auction. The event, titled ‘Twitter Rebranding: Online Auction Featuring Memorabilia, Art, Office Assets & More!’, will also include bird paintings, keyboards, refrigerators, and lockers.
Interestingly, the auction will also offer the large Twitter bird logo fascia sign that is still mounted on the side of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. The description provided by the auction house, Heritage Global Partners, states that the buyer will be responsible for hiring a licensed company with the appropriate permits to remove the bird logo.
This is not the first time Elon Musk has sold off items from Twitter’s headquarters. In January, the company organized a 27-hour online auction, which also took place under the management of Heritage Global Partners. The previous auction consisted of 631 lots of surplus corporate office assets, ranging from kitchenware and office furniture to quirky signage and even boxes of KN95 masks. One of the notable sales from the previous auction was a Twitter bird statue that fetched $100,000.
It is worth noting that despite the financial implications of the auction, the organizers have clarified that the sale is not intended to address Twitter’s financial position. According to a representative from Heritage Global Partners, the auction has nothing to do with the company’s financial situation.
With the upcoming auction, Twitter enthusiasts, collectors, and fans of the company will have the opportunity to own a piece of its history. The wide range of items, from office decor to memorable artworks, provides a nostalgic look at Twitter’s past. It remains to be seen who will secure these coveted pieces of vintage Twitter memorabilia as the bidding commences in September.
