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    "name": "Canon 85mm f/1.5",
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    "brand": {
        "name": "Canon",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/"
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    "answer": "The Canon 85mm f/1.5 typically sells for £800 (median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026; fair evidence, wide spread).",
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            "2026-04-29"
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    },
    "reason": "6 of the records are from 1999–2020, when an 85mm f/1.5 sold for about £498; since 2022 the typical price is about £1,700 (7 sales).",
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            "id": 43653,
            "date": "2026-04-29",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Canon f/1.5 85mm Lens",
            "price": 1025,
            "currency": "GBP",
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        {
            "id": 10936,
            "date": "2025-11-22",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Canon f. Leica M39 1.5/85mm",
            "price": 2200,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1936,
            "basis": "hammer",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "lot": "A02258"
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        {
            "id": 41009,
            "date": "2025-11-12",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Canon f/1.5 85mm Lens",
            "price": 2125,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 1700,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
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            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "117"
        },
        {
            "id": 2945,
            "date": "2023-10-10",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Canon 85mm f/1.5 Lens",
            "price": 2300,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 2300,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "238"
        },
        {
            "id": 2907,
            "date": "2023-10-10",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Canon 85mm f/1.5 Serenar Lens",
            "price": 800,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 800,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
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            "lot": "180"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/sales/",
    "citation": "“Canon 85mm f/1.5: typical sale price £800, the median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026, middle half £500–£1,700 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/",
    "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."
}