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    "name": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5",
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        "name": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar",
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    "answer": "The Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5 typically sells for £652 (median of 13 recorded sales, 2004–2025; fair evidence).",
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            "date": "2025-03-31",
            "venue": "Chiswick Auctions",
            "title": "A Carl Zeiss Jena 75mm f/1.5 Biotar Lens",
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            "id": 47897,
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            "title": "A Carl Zeiss Jena T 75mm f/1.5 Pre Set Biotar Lens",
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            "lot": "93"
        },
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            "id": 43732,
            "date": "2025-03-04",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Carl Zeiss Jena T 75mm f/1.5 Pre Set Biotar Lens",
            "price": 550,
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        },
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            "id": 43887,
            "date": "2022-11-26",
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            "id": 49303,
            "date": "2022-06-11",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena f. Exakta Biotar 1.5/7.5cm",
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            "gbp": 943,
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            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
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            "lot": "AI_40_40321"
        },
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            "id": 41728,
            "date": "2022-06-11",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena f. Exakta Biotar 1.5/7.5cm",
            "price": 900,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 772,
            "basis": "hammer",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
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            "id": 43327,
            "date": "2016-11-06",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1.5/7.5cm T",
            "price": 750,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 652,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
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            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1.5-7.5cm-T/AI-29-33410",
            "lot": "AI_29_33410"
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            "id": 49622,
            "date": "2011-05-28",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1,5/7,5cm T",
            "price": 550,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 483,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1-5-7-5cm-T/AI-19-12513",
            "lot": "AI_19_12513"
        },
        {
            "id": 41794,
            "date": "2011-05-28",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1,5/7,5cm T",
            "price": 2400,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 2107,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1-5-7-5cm-T/AI-19-12476",
            "lot": "AI_19_12476"
        },
        {
            "id": 47888,
            "date": "2010-12-04",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1,5/75mm",
            "price": 550,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 466,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1-5-75mm/AI-18-11727",
            "lot": "AI_18_11727"
        },
        {
            "id": 43154,
            "date": "2010-12-04",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1,5/7,5cm",
            "price": 800,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 679,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1-5-7-5cm/AI-18-11726",
            "lot": "AI_18_11726"
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        {
            "id": 48275,
            "date": "2008-11-30",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena  Biotar 1.5/7.5cm T",
            "price": 1500,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1246,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-Biotar-1.5-7.5cm-T/AI-14-17614",
            "lot": "AI_14_17614"
        },
        {
            "id": 47922,
            "date": "2004-05-29",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Carl Zeiss Jena f.M39  1.5/7.5cm Biotar",
            "price": 938,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 630,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "75mm f/1.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Carl-Zeiss-Jena-f.M39-1.5-7.5cm-Biotar/AI-5-23236",
            "lot": "AI_5_23236"
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    ],
    "citation": "“Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 75mm f/1.5: typical sale price £652, the median of 13 recorded sales, 2004–2025, middle half £550–£943 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/carl-zeiss-jena/biotar/v/75mm-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."
}