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    "name": "Asahi Pentax 17mm f/4",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/17mm-f-4/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Asahi Pentax",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/"
    },
    "answer": "The Asahi Pentax 17mm f/4 sells for about £224 (median of only 9 recorded sales, 2024–2026; indicative).",
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            "without_highest": 177
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        {
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        "book": "McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras",
        "edition": "1997–98",
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        "note": "A guide price for a mint example, in USD — not a sale."
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            "id": 67128,
            "date": "2026-08-08",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Pentax SMC Pentax Fish-Eye 17mm f4 MF K Mount Diagonal Fisheye Lens Japan",
            "price": 360,
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            "id": 67129,
            "date": "2026-07-31",
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            "title": "[Mint] Pentax SMC Fish-Eye 17mm f/4 MF K Mount Diagonal Fisheye Lens From Japan",
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            "gbp": 295,
            "basis": "marketplace",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 67131,
            "date": "2026-07-26",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Rare [MINT] Asahi SMC Pentax 17mm f4 MF Camera Lens Fisheye K Mount From JAPAN",
            "price": 350,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 262,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "SMC Fisheye",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/127985718833",
            "lot": null
        },
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            "id": 73097,
            "date": "2026-07-22",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "\"TOP MINT+++\" Pentax SMC Fish Eye Takumar 17mm f/4 M42 Mount From JAPAN",
            "price": 300,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 224,
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        },
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            "date": "2026-06-20",
            "venue": "eBay",
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            "currency": "USD",
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            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "SMC Takumar Fisheye",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
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            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 817,
            "date": "2025-11-25",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "An Asahi Fish-Eye Takumar 17mm f/4 Lens",
            "price": 90,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 90,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC Takumar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "299"
        },
        {
            "id": 816,
            "date": "2025-11-25",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "An Asahi Fish-Eye Takumar 17mm f/4 Lens",
            "price": 90,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 90,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC Takumar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "298"
        },
        {
            "id": 728,
            "date": "2025-11-25",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "An Asahi Super Multi Coated Fish-Eye Takumar 17mm f/4 Lens",
            "price": 90,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 90,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "SMC Takumar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "297"
        },
        {
            "id": 42390,
            "date": "2024-06-04",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Pentax SMC Fish-Eye f/4 17mm Camera Lens",
            "price": 162,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 130,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "SMC Takumar Fisheye",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "635"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/17mm-f-4/sales/",
    "citation": "“Asahi Pentax 17mm f/4: about £224, the median of 9 recorded sales, 2024–2026 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/a/asahi-pentax/17mm-f-4/",
    "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."
}