- Twitter began auctioning off hundreds of surplus office supplies on Tuesday.
- The items up for sale include kitchen appliances, Twitter sculptures, and office chairs.
- The highest bid on the website as of Tuesday afternoon was $12,000 for a Twitter statue.
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Twitter opened an online auction for its surplus office supplies on Tuesday morning.
The auction was first announced in December. It went live on Tuesday morning and is expected to close at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday. The items are being auctioned off by Heritage Global Partners, a marketplace for surplus and distressed assets.
The auction comes at a time when Twitter CEO Elon Musk is reducing expenses after purchasing the social media platform for $44 billion. Musk has cut everything from infrastructure budgets, employee perks like at-home Wi-Fi and travel allowances, and holiday pay for contractors.
However, in an interview with Fortune, Nick Dove, a representative at HGP, said the auction did not relate to the finances of the company, and that anyone who thought so was a "moron."
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"They've sold for 44 billion, and we're selling a couple of chairs and desks and computers," Dove 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."
Some unique memorabilia featured include bikes that can charge your phone, a 3-ft Twitter Bird statue, and a 6-foot "@" sign with artificial plants that can be replaced with real plants.
The auction items also include tons of industrial kitchen equipment, including refrigerators and pizza ovens, dozens of display screens, iMac monitors, and gray swivel office chairs.
Bidding starts at between $25 and $50 on all items. The highest bid on the website as of Tuesday afternoon was $12,000 for a Twitter statue. Bid for a semi-automatic espresso machine and a Neon Twitter Bird Light were also above $10,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. Several office chairs and an ottoman were also bid on for over $2,100, while cheaper items in the auction included sets of stools and tables that were currently listed for $50 as of publication.
—Eddie Codel (@ekai) December 9, 2022 —Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 9, 2022Ever since Musk purchased Twitter, the company and its headquarters have undergone some serious changes, including the firing of thousands of employees, the elimination of the company's free lunch program, and a push towards a "hardcore" work culture.
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Musk also began renovating some of the rooms at Twitter HQ into bedrooms and recently told employees that they should start exclusively working at Twitter's San Francisco office.
A representative for Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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