Not being owned, they cannot be bought and sold. Smoke can also be bought and sold. However, dried cactus can be bought and sold legally. Unlike other market products, VIX cannot be bought or sold directly. Lock picking tools can be freely bought and sold. Additionally, these credits can be bought and sold. "Seigneuries" could be bought, sold or mortgaged. Traders simultaneously bought oil and sold futures forward. We've already bought all our dreams. It was later bought by Italdesign. He later bought and revived another doughnut shop. The name was available, so he bought it. Eventually all would be bought out by Laemmle. Reportedly he has since bought more. Uniroyal Australia had already been bought by Bridgestone in 1980.