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From now on, no matter what you have heard before, no unique can be given away other than as a gift. Uniques are items such as the Sword of Kirukan, Laman's sword, the Hatchet of Hawkwing, Justice, Malfeasor etc.
And to avoid any confusion, here's Webster's definition of the word 'gift': something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation.
And no, 'gift swapping' isn't permitted in this case either, not even on Christmas.