In a farewell move to one of the internet icons, the famous blue bird logo of Twitter, which used to adorn the company's former headquarters in San Francisco, was sold at an auction for $34,375.
The logo, named "Larry" after the basketball star Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, weighs around 254 kilograms, with a height of 3.7 meters and a width of 2.7 meters. This sale came as part of a series of radical changes witnessed by the platform after Elon Musk's acquisition and its renaming to "X".
The auction house "RR Auction", specializing in selling rare items, confirmed the sale but did not disclose the buyer's identity.
This was not the first time Musk has put up Twitter memorabilia for sale, as he previously auctioned off signs, memorabilia, kitchen equipment, and office furniture.
Amidst these transformations, Twitter's value has dropped by about 72% since Musk's acquisition, according to Fidelity estimates.
However, Twitter is not alone in this trend, as other tech companies have also seen auctions for selling their memorabilia, with the most notable being "Apple", where one of its oldest computers, the Apple 1, was sold for $375,000, and a check signed by Steve Jobs dating back to 1976 was sold for $112,054.
The trend continued with the first-generation "iPhone" with a 4GB capacity, sealed in its original packaging, fetching $87,514 in a similar auction.
It seems that technology memorabilia has become treasures for collectors, while the world continues to bid farewell to the old Twitter legacy with each piece sold!