Article 67ZDQ $100,000 for a bird statue: the results of the Twitter office auction are in

$100,000 for a bird statue: the results of the Twitter office auction are in

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Matthew Cantor
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Highlights of the sale following Elon Musk's chaotic takeover of the company include kegerators and a planter

What do you get the tech fan who has everything? Perhaps a statue of Twitter's bright-blue logo, for a mere $100,000.

That's what the priciest item went for at an auction of the company's office supplies, according to the BBC. The sale marks the latest episode in the continuing saga of Elon Musk's $44bn takeover of the company, which has generated seemingly endless chaos - from sudden policy changes to the elimination of thousands of jobs.

A 10ft tall neon Twitter sign, perhaps a nice companion piece to the statue, sold for a mere $40,000.

A 6ft tall planter in the shape of the @ symbol - which is, of course, an icon of the platform - closed at $15,500, according to SFGate.

A conference table made from reclaimed wood closed at nearly $10,500.

A fancy espresso machine from La Marzocco went for about $13,500 - less than half its retail value - while an Eames chair apparently saw added value thanks to its Twitter associations. Normally, it would go for $1,195, but Twitter's chair went for at least $1,400, as a company engineer pointed out.

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