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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Asahi Pentax 15mm f/3.5",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/15mm-f-3-5/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Asahi Pentax",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/"
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    "answer": "The Asahi Pentax 15mm f/3.5 sells for about £470 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 2008–2026; indicative).",
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        {
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    "book_guide": {
        "book": "McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras",
        "edition": "1997–98",
        "low_usd": 250,
        "high_usd": 375,
        "note": "A guide price for a mint example, in USD — not a sale."
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            "id": 66900,
            "date": "2026-01-15",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 15mm F/3.5 Lens for M42 Mount #45574 H21",
            "price": 2680,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1982,
            "basis": "marketplace",
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        {
            "id": 727,
            "date": "2025-11-25",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "An Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 15mm f/3.5 Lens",
            "price": 460,
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            "lot": "296"
        },
        {
            "id": 847,
            "date": "2022-03-31",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "An Asahi SMC Pentax f/3.5 15mm Lens",
            "price": 325,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 260,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "SMC",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "645"
        },
        {
            "id": 839,
            "date": "2022-03-31",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "An Asahi. Opt. Co. Pentax SMC Takumar 15mm f/3.5 Lens",
            "price": 600,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 480,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "SMC Takumar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "581"
        },
        {
            "id": 75941,
            "date": "2014-02-13",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Pentax Fish-Eye f/3.5 15mm Lens",
            "price": 320,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 320,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20151208134318/http://www.specialauctionservices.com:80/large/cm130214/lot0072.html",
            "lot": "72"
        },
        {
            "id": 4103,
            "date": "2008-11-30",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Pentax  SMC Pentax-A 3.5/15mm",
            "price": 600,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 498,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC Pentax-A",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Pentax-SMC-Pentax-A-3.5-15mm/AI-14-17515",
            "lot": "AI_14_17515"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/15mm-f-3-5/sales/",
    "citation": "“Asahi Pentax 15mm f/3.5: about £470, the median of 6 recorded sales, 2008–2026 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/15mm-f-3-5/",
    "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."
}