Twitter conducted an auction to eliminate some of surplus office items at San Francisco office. From the electronics, memorabilia, and furniture to the kitchen supplies, more than 600 items were put on auction for sell. The most expensive item that was sold during tech giant’s fire sale was a statue of the platform’s famous Twitter bird logo. The Twitter bird statue sold at a whopping sum of $100,000 (Rs 81,25,000) on Tuesday morning and the identity of the buyer is unknown. There was also the custom reclaimed wood conference room table that closed near $10,500 .
The statue of platform’s famous bird logo has claimed the most expensive item sold, coming in at $100,000 (£81,000).
Viewers noted that some of the used items were no bargain, as they were selling for more than retail.
Twitter sold a high end La Marzocco Strada 3 espresso machine, retail $30,000, for around $13,500.
The sale comes as Elon Musk cuts costs at Twitter following his $44bn purchase of the company last year.
Since taking over in late October, Elon Musk has laid off around half of the company’s 7,500 staff.
Elon Musk has also ended many of Twitter’s perks, such as free meals.
Elon Musk tweeted in the month of November that the company had seen a “massive drop in revenue” following the departure of several advertisers.