Tech billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media platform Twitter for $40.68 billion in October 2022. Shortly thereafter, he laid off a large portion of the then workforce and changed the company’s name and logo.
What logo was sold? Anyone familiar with the old Twitter before Elon Musk’s takeover knows the former logo of the social media platform: a small bird named Larry in white or blue.
This logo also adorned Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. There, a blue representation of the bird weighing around 250 kg hung on the outer facade of the building.
Shortly after Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it to X, he had the logo changed and replaced the small bird with the letter “X” – both on the platform and on the facade of the office, which is now headquartered in Texas. This logo has now been sold.
Auction house sells Twitter logo for thousands of dollars
What’s behind the sale: The logo that adorned the former headquarters of Twitter was sold at an auction in San Francisco for $35,000 (about €32,000) on March 20, 2025 (via kron4).
However, it is not known who exactly acquired the oversized bird or what the person plans to do with the gigantic logo.
A spokesperson for the auction house described the bird as “a significant piece of social media history” and emphasized that the logo is more than just office decoration.”
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and renamed it to X, this did not go down well with many users and advertising partners of the platform. The company is said to have lost about 80% of its value as a result. However, according to a new report, this has now changed: Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion, only 3 years later has it regained its old value
