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CISG-online number
2663
Case name
Andy Warhol "New Coke 1985" hand screen print case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Helge Hoch (Presiding Judge), Dr. Anneliese Kodek (Judge), Hon.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Lovrek (Judge), Dr. Friedrich Jensik (Judge), Dr. Michael Roch (Judge)
Date of decision
16 December 2015
Case nr./docket nr.
3 Ob 194/15y
Claimant 1
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Andy Warhol "New Coke 1985" hand screen print case
Landesgericht für Zivilrechtssachen Wien (District Court Vienna)
Austria, 11 December 2014 – 24 Cg 110/13t 30, CISG-online 2994
Andy Warhol "New Coke 1985" hand screen print case
Oberlandesgericht Wien (Court of Appeal Vienna)
Austria, 26 June 2015 – 13 R 54/15d 45, CISG-online 2995
affirming
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Andy Warhol "New Coke 1985" hand screen print
Price
70'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 49(1)(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 39(2)
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Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2016), 58–61 [Full text – in German]
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (2016), 392 [ – in German]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:2015:0030OB00194.15Y.1216.000
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
151216a3
Comments on this decision 3
Christoph Brunner & David Möckli, 'Das Vertragsaufhebungsrecht des Käufers aufgrund wesentlicher Vertragsverletzung des Verkäufers bei Beschaffenheitsmängeln: Ein Lösungsvorschlag für eine sachgerechte Berücksichtigung des Kriteriums der zumutbaren Verwendbarkeit oder Absetzbarkeit der mangelhaften Ware durch den Käufer', in: Susan Emmenegger, Stephanie Hrubesch-Millauer, Frédéric Krauskopf & Stephan Wolf (eds.), Brücken bauen: Festschrift für Thomas Koller, Berne: Stämpfli (2018), 75–108, at 98–99 [– in German]  
Christina Buchleitner, 'Mangelhafter Andy Warhol im UN-Kaufrecht', ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (2016), 869 [– in German]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 482 [– in German]
Full text and translation of decision 2
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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