The 560-pound Twitter logo from its San Francisco headquarters is up for auction

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Twitter could , however the 12-foot tall chook brand from its San Francisco headquarters may be yours perpetually you probably have sufficient cash. The signal — one in all two birds that previously adorned Twitter’s workplace — is up .

The large brand that marked the corporate’s headquarters on San Francisco's Market Avenue is undoubtedly one of the crucial iconic symbols related to the social media firm. (The signal was unceremoniously eliminated after Musk’s of the corporate to X.) Unsurprisingly, the distinctive piece of social media historical past gained’t come low cost. On the time of this writing, bids are at $21,664, although public sale home RR Public sale estimates the signal may go for as a lot as $40,000.

A crane removing the sign from Twitter's HQ.

Would-be patrons must also bear in mind that also they are chargeable for prices to maneuver the signal from the San Francisco storage facility the place it’s presently situated. That alone might be no small feat. The signal is 145˝ x 105˝ (roughly 12 ft by 8 ft) and weighs in at 560 kilos, in accordance with the itemizing. A accompanying the itemizing exhibits that it took a crane and a staff of a number of employees to take away the signal from the constructing.

Notably, this isn’t the primary “Larry” (the nickname former Tweeps gave to the positioning’s iconic chook brand) is hitting the public sale block. Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in 2022, a lot of the contents of Twitter’s former places of work have been in 2023. Different, barely smaller variations of the brand proved to be fashionable on the time, with one statue that embellished the workplace promoting . The constructing’s different giant chook brand was auctioned off in that sale for .

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