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    "name": "Asahi Pentax 1000mm f/8",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/1000mm-f-8/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Asahi Pentax",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/"
    },
    "answer": "The Asahi Pentax 1000mm f/8 sells for about £643 (median of only 5 recorded sales, 2001–2026; indicative).",
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            "note": "USD and EUR from each sale converted at its month’s ECB rate"
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        "basis": "Auction hammer prices with the buyer’s premium removed; eBay as sold"
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            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/1000mm-f-8/v/1000mm-f-8-smc/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 4,
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        },
        {
            "name": "Takumar",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/1000mm-f-8/v/takumar/",
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    ],
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        "edition": "1997–98",
        "low_usd": 1000,
        "high_usd": 1500,
        "note": "A guide price for a mint example, in USD — not a sale."
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            "id": 73152,
            "date": "2026-07-10",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Pentax Tele-Takumar 1000mm f/8",
            "price": 618,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 462,
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            "version": "Takumar",
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            "flags": [],
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            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 6001,
            "date": "2025-07-16",
            "venue": "Chiswick Auctions",
            "title": "A Asahi Pentax 1000mm f/8 Super-Multi Coated Takumar Telephoto Lens",
            "price": 403,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 320,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "SMC",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "205"
        },
        {
            "id": 4111,
            "date": "2012-11-24",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Asahi Pentax Tele-Takumar 8/1000mm",
            "price": 800,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 643,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Asahi-Pentax-Tele-Takumar-8-1000mm/AI-22-14401",
            "lot": "AI_22_14401"
        },
        {
            "id": 4110,
            "date": "2012-05-12",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Pentax 8/1000mm SMC",
            "price": 900,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 723,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Pentax-8-1000mm-SMC/AI-21-13777",
            "lot": "AI_21_13777"
        },
        {
            "id": 44395,
            "date": "2001-11-20",
            "venue": "Christie's",
            "title": "Takumar SMC f/8 1000mm. no. 6118792",
            "price": 940,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 800,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "SMC",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3808580?ldp_breadcrumb=back",
            "lot": "387"
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    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/1000mm-f-8/sales/",
    "citation": "“Asahi Pentax 1000mm f/8: about £643, the median of 5 recorded sales, 2001–2026 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/1000mm-f-8/",
    "method": {
        "version": 1,
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/methodology/"
    },
    "computed_at": "2026-10-08 00:10:00.968880",
    "attribution": "Data from cameraworth.com — a public register of what cameras and lenses actually sold for. Cite the page URL and the retrieval date; see /methodology/ for how each figure is made."
}