Actually it makes a lot of sense. The way it is now, it's a system that benefits snipers and bots as normal players don't have the time and patience to flip through 40 pages over and over again. With the possibility to sort through time left it will prompt much more last minute bidding wars and give everyone a fighting chance at sniping those juicy 1d12h mispriced goodies.
Ya, letting it sort means all of us can try to snipe.
The way it is now, only bots can do it.