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    "type": "version",
    "name": "Canon 85mm f/1.5 Serenar",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/v/serenar/",
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        "name": "Canon 85mm f/1.5",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/"
    },
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    "answer": "The Canon 85mm f/1.5 Serenar sells for about £633 (median of only 9 recorded sales, 1999–2025; indicative).",
    "figure": {
        "grade": "indicative",
        "grade_label": "Indicative",
        "modifiers": [],
        "n": 9,
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            "2025-11-22"
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            "without_highest": 574
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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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            "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",
            "version": "Serenar",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Canon-f.-Leica-M39-1.5-85mm/A02258",
            "lot": "A02258"
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        {
            "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,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "180"
        },
        {
            "id": 13145,
            "date": "2023-01-01",
            "venue": "Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions",
            "title": "Canon 85mm Serenar f1,5 Nr. 10042",
            "price": 2000,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1638,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.tamarkinauctions.com/results/2023-auction-results",
            "lot": "231"
        },
        {
            "id": 10430,
            "date": "2022-06-11",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Canon f. Leica M39 1.5/85mm",
            "price": 5000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 4288,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [
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            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Canon-f.-Leica-M39-1.5-85mm/AI-40-40165",
            "lot": "AI_40_40165"
        },
        {
            "id": 19856,
            "date": "2020-11-19",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Canon Serenar f/1.5 85mm Lens",
            "price": 595,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 480,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "220"
        },
        {
            "id": 38075,
            "date": "2010-05-29",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Canon Serenar 1,5/85mm",
            "price": 600,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 514,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Canon-Serenar-1-5-85mm/AI-17-11352",
            "lot": "AI_17_11352"
        },
        {
            "id": 19552,
            "date": "2009-12-05",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Canon  Serenar 1.5/85mm",
            "price": 550,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 495,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Canon-Serenar-1.5-85mm/AI-16-19540",
            "lot": "AI_16_19540"
        },
        {
            "id": 15014,
            "date": "2008-06-07",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Canon Lens  1.5/85mm",
            "price": 800,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 633,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Canon-Lens-1.5-85mm/AI-13-17462",
            "lot": "AI_13_17462"
        },
        {
            "id": 14332,
            "date": "1999-01-14",
            "venue": "Christie's",
            "title": "Canon 85mm. f/1.5 no. 11227",
            "price": 575,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 500,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Serenar",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1418483?ldp_breadcrumb=back",
            "lot": "167"
        }
    ],
    "citation": "“Canon 85mm f/1.5 Serenar: about £633, the median of 9 recorded sales, 1999–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-5/v/serenar/",
    "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."
}