The 560-pound Twitter emblem has bought for $34,000

Twitter could be dead, however the 12-foot tall chicken emblem from its San Francisco headquarters will dwell on. The signal — one among two birds that previously adorned Twitter’s workplace — has been bought at public sale for $34,375.

That's a bit lower than $40,000 auctioneers RR Home estimated it might fetch, however is nonetheless a dear piece of social media historical past. The large emblem that marked the corporate’s headquarters on San Francisco's Market Road is undoubtedly probably the most iconic symbols related to the social media firm. (The signal was unceremoniously eliminated after Musk’s rebranding of the corporate to X.)

The unknown purchaser may even answerable for prices to maneuver the signal from the San Francisco storage facility the place it’s at the moment positioned. That alone shall be no small feat. The signal is 145˝ x 105˝ (roughly 12 toes by 8 toes) and weighs in at 560 kilos, in line with the itemizing. A YouTube video accompanying the itemizing reveals that it took a crane and a group of a number of staff to take away the signal from the constructing.

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Precisely the place "Larry" will find yourself subsequent isn't clear because the profitable bidder's identification hasn't been disclosed, however the 12-foot tall signal is certain to make fairly an announcement, wherever it lands.

Notably, this isn’t the primary time “Larry” (the nickname former Tweeps gave to the location’s iconic chicken emblem) hit the public sale block. Following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in 2022, a lot of the contents of Twitter’s former workplaces had been auctioned off in 2023. Different, barely smaller variations of the brand proved to be fashionable on the time, with one statue that adorned the workplace promoting for $100,000. The constructing’s different giant chicken emblem was auctioned off in that sale for an undisclosed price.

Replace, March 21, 2025, 1:47 PM ET: Now that the public sale has closed, this story has been up to date so as to add details about the profitable bid.

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