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Buying something that you don’t know of whether it is few or plenty and whether it is good or defect or whether it is worth the price or not, this is prohibited and it is like gambling.

What is the ruling on buying goods from the auction house whose features/defects are somewhat unknown at the time of bidding and become apparent only after getting the ownership of that article. Does it fall under the category of gambling? And is bidding to buy items permissible in general?