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Elon Musk to auction 'woke' office supplies from Twitter HQ
New Twitter owner Elon Musk is planning to auction off several office and kitchen items found in the company offices starting at either $25 or $50
December 14, 2022 7:12am
Updated: December 14, 2022 8:26am
Elon Musk plans to auction off the “woke” office supplies found at Twitter’s headquarters, including thousand-dollar items that will start at $25.
As part of his plan to give Twitter a make-over, new owner Elon Musk is planning to auction off several office and kitchen items found in the company offices starting at either $25 or $50.
The items to be auctioned come from Twitter’s San Francisco office and range from a massive Twitter bird statue, a $20,000 espresso machine, a $17,000 braising pan, a $10,000 vegetable dryer, an “@” shaped planter, and Eames office chairs.
Other items that will be auctioned include ice machines, pizza ovens, Mac desktops, white parks, projectors, and coffee makers, among others.
Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and has since implemented several changes in the company. In one of his first moves, the Tesla CEO shrunk the company’s employees from around 7,000 to 2,500.
It is unclear why Musk decided to auction off the items. However, some have speculated that it is a way to get extra revenue after the CEO announced that the social media company had seen a drop in revenue in November.
However, bidding website Heritage Global Partners spokesperson, Nick Dove, said that the assumptions were ungrounded.
'They’ve sold for $44 billion, and we’re selling a couple of chairs and desks and computers. 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,' Dove told Fortune.
Bidding for the objects will open on January 1 at 7 a.m. PT and will run through the following day at 10 a.m. PT.