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Twitter bird sign sells for more than $35,000 at auction

Twitter’s blue bird on its former headquarters in San Francisco (Godofredo A Vasquez/AP)

Twitter’s blue bird on its former headquarters in San Francisco (Godofredo A Vasquez/AP)

Associated Press reporters

Today at 23:07

Twitter's famous 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 $35,000 (£27,132) at auction.

RR Auction, which deals in "rare and collectible items" said the 560-pound (254kg) sign, which measured 12 feet by nine feet (3.7 metres by 2.7 metres) sold for $34,375. It did not name the buyer.

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