If you sell a blessed item, is it no longer blessed?
The short answer
It remains blessed. A blessed item may be sold, but only for its intrinsic value — not for the value of its blessing, which couldn't be priced anyway.
May be sold
A blessed item may be sold, but only for its intrinsic value, not for the value of the blessing, which cannot be determined in any case.
Still blessed
The item remains blessed.
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