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The phrase "sold at auction" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means that an item or property was sold to the highest bidder at an auction. You can use it when discussing the sale of something at an auction, or when describing the means of selling something. For example: - The antique vase was sold at auction for over $10,000. - We decided to sell the car at auction to get a better price. - The estate was liquidated, with all items being sold at auction. - The painting was sold at auction, breaking the record for the highest price ever paid for a work by that artist.
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Sold in May by Sotheby's, "The Scream" became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
all the rest were sold at auction.
The choicest items are sold at auction.
The fittings will be sold at auction.
(They were sold at auction).
One sold at auction last year for $102,508.
The old ones are sold at auction.
And none of the pieces were being sold at auction.
Jack Kerouac's typewriter will be sold at auction.
It was a record for Aboriginal art sold at auction.
"I thought they were sold at auction," he said.
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