Twitter's blue bird on its headquarters building in San Francisco, on July 24, 2023. The logo has sold for nearly US$35,000 (RM155,142) at an auction. — AP
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter's iconic bird logo that was removed from the company's former San Francisco headquarters when Elon Musk took over the social media company and rebranded it to X has sold for nearly US$35,000 (RM155,142) at an auction.
RR Auction, which deals in "rare and collectible items" said the 560-pound (254kg) sign, which measured 12 feet by 9 feet (3.7 meters by 2.7 meters) sold for US$34,375 (RM152,372). It did not name the buyer.
Musk had previously auctioned off other items from the former Twitter, ranging from signs and memorabilia to more mundane items such as kitchen equipment and office furniture.
Other tech history items that fetched sizable sums in the auction included an Apple-1 computer with accessories sold for US$375,000 (RM1.66mil), an Apple Computer Co. check signed by Steve Jobs in 1976 for US$112,054 (RM496,777) and a first-generation 4GB iPhone, sealed in its package, for US$87,514 (RM387,982). – AP
