{"id":92547,"date":"2025-03-24T02:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T02:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/the-560-pound-twitter-logo-has-sold-for-34000\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T02:19:09","slug":"the-560-pound-twitter-logo-has-sold-for-34000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/the-560-pound-twitter-logo-has-sold-for-34000\/","title":{"rendered":"The 560-pound Twitter logo has sold for $34,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Twitter may <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/how-twitter-died-in-2023-and-why-x-may-not-be-far-behind-143033036.html\">be dead<\/a>, but the 12-foot tall bird logo from its San Francisco headquarters will live on. The sign \u2014 one of two birds that formerly adorned Twitter\u2019s office \u2014 has been sold at auction <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rrauction.com\/auctions\/lot-detail\/349988607146320-twitter-inc-official-bird-logo-fascia-sign-an-iconic-fixture-from-the-companys-market-square-headquarters-in-san-francisco\/\">for $34,375<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That&#039;s a bit less than $40,000 auctioneers RR House estimated it would fetch, but is nonetheless a pricey piece of social media history. The massive logo that marked the company\u2019s headquarters on San Francisco&#039;s Market Street is undoubtedly one of the most iconic symbols associated with the social media company. (The sign was unceremoniously removed after Musk\u2019s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/elon-musk-is-rebranding-twitter-to-x-and-killing-the-bird-logo-165944573.html\">rebranding<\/a> of the company to X.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The unknown buyer will also responsible for costs to move the sign from the San Francisco storage facility where it\u2019s currently located. That alone will be no small feat. The sign is 145\u02dd x 105\u02dd (roughly 12 feet by 8 feet) and weighs in at 560 pounds, according to the listing. A <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x4s4Bx9ppkk\">YouTube video<\/a> accompanying the listing shows that it took a crane and a team of several workers to remove the sign from the building.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-03\/8c4a0800-0359-11f0-bf79-c958e8aabdd5\" data-crop-orig-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-03\/8c4a0800-0359-11f0-bf79-c958e8aabdd5\" style=\"height:1280px;width:1920px\" alt=\"A crane removing the sign from Twitter&#039;s HQ.\" data-uuid=\"deb320c2-ea1b-3070-b341-68b807f24b4c\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><div class=\"photo-credit\">RR Auction<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Exactly where &quot;Larry&quot; will end up next isn&#039;t clear as the winning bidder&#039;s identity hasn&#039;t been disclosed, but the 12-foot tall sign is bound to make quite a statement, wherever it lands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this isn\u2019t the first time \u201cLarry\u201d (the nickname former Tweeps gave to the site\u2019s iconic bird logo)  hit the auction block. Following Elon Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter in 2022, much of the contents of Twitter\u2019s former offices were <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/18\/1149731084\/twitter-office-supplies-auction-online\">auctioned off<\/a> in 2023. Other, slightly smaller versions of the logo proved to be popular at the time, with one statue that decorated the office selling <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-64312309\">for $100,000<\/a>. The building\u2019s other large bird logo was auctioned off in that sale for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bidspotter.com\/en-us\/auction-catalogues\/heritage-global-partners\/catalogue-id-herita10216\/lot-ab61ae73-1dbf-47cf-bee7-b052000578e5\">an undisclosed price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update, March 21, 2025, 1:47 PM ET:<\/strong> Now that the auction has closed, this story has been updated to add information about the winning bid.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/the-560-pound-twitter-logo-has-sold-for-34000-180326846.html?src=rss<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/social-media\/the-560-pound-twitter-logo-has-sold-for-34000-180326846.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter may be dead, but the 12-foot tall bird logo from its San Francisco headquarters will live on. 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