some of them are sold vs some of them sold

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Some of them are sold' is used to indicate that a portion of a group of items is currently being sold, while 'some of them sold' is used to indicate that a portion of a group of items were sold in the past.

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some of them are sold

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a portion of a group of items is currently being sold.

Examples:

Some of the cars are sold already.
Some of the tickets are sold out.
Some of the products are sold online.

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Some of them are sold by the police in official public auctions to collectors and other licensed arms holders.
These actually are sold as artwork.
In contrast, conventional products are sold without similar restrictions.
Many products are not 100 % leather/hide but are sold as such.
Only US products are sold around the world.
The cheeses are sold properly identified and labelled.
The Huîtres Marennes Oléron are sold alive and are not processed.
Produce covered by the PGI are sold with the designation Mogette de Vendée.
Animals are sold either dead weight to abattoirs or at livestock markets.
Animals are sold either deadweight to abattoirs or at livestock markets.
So they said we are sold.
Girl scout cookies are sold in February.
- Knockoffs are sold in Times Square.
Across from it souvenir lighters are sold shaped like grenades.
Ms. Lin, the dumplings are sold out.
Sorry, we are sold out of bread.
The trains and buses are sold out.
In Shutka tapes are sold mainly on the black market.
Grenade-shaped cigarette lighters are sold nearby as souvenirs.
And when they grow up, boys become vagrants and girls are sold at cheap prices.

Alternatives:

Some of them have been sold.
Some of them are being sold.
Some of them are for sale.

some of them sold

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a portion of a group of items were sold in the past.

Examples:

Some of the books sold out quickly.
Some of the toys sold for a high price.
Some of the houses sold within a week.

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And that some of them sold bread to the Jews in exchange for gold.
Some of them are sold by the police in official public auctions to collectors and other licensed arms holders.
And yet every one of them sold you out the second Vergis came calling.
And every one of them sold over fair market value at nearly $1 million each.
Fibres from mass-produced cotton sheets sold in Debenhams - 200,000 sets sold each year.
If we have to follow the legal investigation to its ultimate conclusion, I want to see that happen - but I want to see my farmers protected, and I do not want to see them sold down the river.
They were sold at every railway station.
Similar markings are required for meat sold direct.
Matt Carlson sold his granary yesterday.
You sold your good-luck Doug Flutie...
We sold battle scenarios to game designers.
- I sold my company to Microsoft.
We sold ours when we moved.
40,000 sheep sold me their winter coats.
My mother sold my novel to Hollywood.
They sold everything, even his love letters.
Interpol found the fences who sold the forgeries abroad.
- We sold to Figlia too.
Every company I ever bought and sold.
My wife just sold her business.

Alternatives:

Some of them were sold.
Some of them got sold.
Some of them were bought.

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