In all, the sale included 631 lots, from desks to coffee machines and decorative items, such as a two-meter-tall flowerpot in the shape of the "@" symbol.
A huge light installation representing the blue bird went for $40,000, according to Heritage Global Partners, the company that organized the online sale.
In early November, a week after buying Twitter for 44 billion dollars, Elon Musk laid off half of the group's 7,500 employees, explaining that the company was losing more than 4 million dollars a day.
Advertising represents the bulk of the platform's revenue, but the Tesla boss's opinions and decisions on content moderation have scared off many advertisers.
In December, the multibillionaire said in an online discussion that he had undertaken to "cut costs like crazy" to avoid a cessation of payments.
He is counting on the savings made and the launch of a new paid subscription to get back into shape.
This paid service, called Twitter Blue, costs 11 dollars per month in the United States if subscribed via iOS, Apple's mobile operating system, or Android, that of Google.
Web subscriptions at $8 per month or, at a discount, at $84 per year are also available.
The service, which notably gives access to the blue check mark for account certification, is currently available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
"With the changes we're making, massively cutting expenses and increasing revenue from subscriptions, I think Twitter will pull through next year," Musk said.
According to its projections, the social network could achieve a turnover of around 3 billion dollars in 2023.
He has been looking for nearly a month for someone to succeed him at the head of the San Francisco company, after a poll showed that 57% of the approximately 17 million participating users said they were in favor of his departure.
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