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        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/hasselblad/"
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    "answer": "The Hasselblad 500EL typically sells for £2,216 (median of 29 recorded sales, 1999–2025; fair evidence, wide spread).",
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    },
    "reason": "23 of the records are from 1999–2021, when a 500EL sold for about £12,131; since 2023 the typical price is about £310 (6 sales).",
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        },
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        {
            "name": "DATA",
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            "id": 2473,
            "date": "2025-06-27",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Hasselblad  NASA 500 EL Electric Camera (HEC)",
            "price": 30000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 25494,
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            "set_apart": "awaiting",
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            "lot": "A01797"
        },
        {
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            "venue": "Chiswick Auctions",
            "title": "A Hasselblad 500 EL Medium Format SLR Camera",
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            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
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            "lot": "184"
        },
        {
            "id": 1946,
            "date": "2024-06-04",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Hasselblad 500EL Medium Format Film Camera",
            "price": 262,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 210,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "pending",
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            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "362"
        },
        {
            "id": 2461,
            "date": "2023-06-10",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Hasselblad Electric Camera (HEC) NASA",
            "price": 45000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 38637,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "NASA",
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            "flags": [
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            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Hasselblad-Electric-Camera-HEC-NASA/AI-20220121-1128-41262",
            "lot": "AI_20220121_1128_41262"
        },
        {
            "id": 1813,
            "date": "2023-04-26",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Hasselblad 500 EL Medium Format Body and Accessories",
            "price": 325,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 260,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "191"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/hasselblad/500el/sales/",
    "citation": "“Hasselblad 500EL: typical sale price £2,216, the median of 29 recorded sales, 1999–2025, middle half £380–£17,558 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/h/hasselblad/500el/",
    "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."
}