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The phrase 'had already sold' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that took place in the past before another event. For example, "The painting had already sold when I got to the auction."
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"Women's Barracks" had already sold a million copies.
As of May 16 "Cosmogramma" had already sold 12,000.
Smiley had already sold his London Foster to Leventhal.
Caramel-banana and brown-sugar grapefruit glazes had already sold out.
He had already sold the cigarette shop, because the margins had fallen too low.
(The DVD for the original "Matrix" had already sold an extraordinary 30 million copies).
(We had already sold the only two stocked for the flight).
Unfortunately, the court did not rule on paintings that the Marlborough Gallery had already sold.
The founder of Staples, Thomas G. Stemberg, had already sold a successful grocery business.
88rising had already sold out concerts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.
And some managers had already sold some holdings and currency contracts.
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