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            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
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            "id": 2833,
            "date": "2023-06-13",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Canon 85mm f/1.8 FD Lens",
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            "basis": "hammer",
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        {
            "id": 5630,
            "date": "2022-10-12",
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    "citation": "“Canon 85mm f/1.8 FD: typical sale price £130, the median of 15 recorded sales, 2022–2026, middle half £110–£177 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/canon/85mm-f-1-8/v/fd/",
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        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/methodology/"
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    "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."
}