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035 _a(Sirsi) u110536
245 _aWeb sales ruling blocked
260 _c2001
490 _aAntiques Trade Gazette
_v(1472) 20 January 2001, 1&2(1)
520 _aHopes of clarifying ownership rights over items sold at auction on the Internet have been dashed with the settling out of court of a potentially precedent-setting case. The dispute concerned when a buyer at auction on the Internet can safely consider themselves to be the rightful owner of the item sold. In this case the judge would have had to rule on exactly when title passes to the buyer at auction on the Internet, especially as this has implications for 'back-to-back' sales.
590 _aWB
650 _aINTERNET AUCTIONS
650 _aINTERNET TRADING
650 _aTITLE TO PROPERTY
650 _aRIGHT TO TITLE
690 _aArts and antiques
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942 _n0
999 _c65891
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