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As if "sold at a charity auction" isn't an incredibly common and normal phrase. Linus is grasping.
I mean, since when has auctioning not been selling something? Auctioning is literally a method by which to sell something.
Right. And that's what Linus lead with.
But he never even used the word sold, just auction/auctioning.