--- title: "Desperate Twitter Auctioning Off Its Used Office Supplies" description: "In an auction this week, Elon Musk decided to sell a number of objects from Twitter's Bay Area HQ — including the building's iconic blue bird logo." date: "2023-01-20" modified: "2023-01-20" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/desperate-twitter-auctioning-used-office-supplies" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "elon musk" - "social media" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Desperate Twitter Auctioning Off Its Used Office Supplies ![In an auction this week, Elon Musk decided to sell a number of objects from Twitter's Bay Area HQ — including the building's iconic blue bird logo.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Going Once, Going Twice SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, for whatever reason, seems to seriously [have it out]() for office furniture. Last year, the serial founder — who notoriously hates remote work — demanded that Tesla workers get back into the office, only for those workers to return to a [pretty serious lack of desks](). And as of this week, it looks like Twitter's San Francisco offices are looking extra bare, too. In an auction this week, Musk decided to auction off a number of objects from Twitter's Bay Area HQ. Items included everything from office supplies to — really — an incredibly expensive "[Lamborghini of meat slicers]()" to the building's iconic blue bird logo, [which reportedly]() sold for a bonkers $100,000. Blue bird logo aside, the kitchen items in particular seemed to be a hit, with the Lamborghini meat machine fetching roughly $16k. Good for Twitter we suppose, but bad for any employees who may have embraced a Bring Your Own Ham to work policy. ## Fire Sale Since you don't usually see a still-functioning company hawking its "swivel chairs" and custom [office statues](), a lot of folks are naturally wondering: why? To that end, the spacefaring billionaire has made a number of oft-controversial moves to cut costs since joining the company, among them being mass layoffs — even of the [platform's janitors](), a measure that has reportedly transformed the formerly, um, *normal* offices into [wretched garbage dens](). This in mind, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Musk is trying to generate as much cash as possible before Twitter's first [$300 million loan payment]() is due next week. Reps at the auction house handling the sale, however, don't think such is the case. "They've sold for $44 billion, and we're selling a couple of chairs and desks and computers," Nick Dove, a representative for the auction house in question, [told ]()*[Fortune]().* "So if anyone genuinely thinks that the revenue from selling a couple computers and chairs will pay for the mountain there, then they're a moron." Of course, Musk, who can really do whatever he wants with the HQ, might just want to redecorate — so why not use the old stuff to pay for the new stuff? We hear some feng shui is very much needed over there. But first, we might recommend that he uses some of that $100,00 to have the [place cleaned](). **READ MORE:** *[Twitter auctioned off a $16,000 piece of kitchen equipment known as the 'Lamborghini of meat slicers' from its San Francisco office]()* \[*Insider*\] **More on Twitter HQ:** [*Fired Twitter Janitor Says Elon Musk Crony Told Him He'd Be Replaced Robots*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()