auction vs deal in

auction

verb
  • To sell at an auction. 

noun
  • The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract. 

  • A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. 

deal in

verb
  • To trade (buy and sell) a named commodity. 

  • To accept (something or a piece of information) as a basis for a decision. 

  • To deal cards to someone entering a game; to enter someone into a game by dealing cards to that person. 

  • To have an interest in something. 

How often have the words auction and deal in occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )