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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Houghton Ensignette No.1",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/houghton/ensignette-no-1/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Houghton",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/houghton/"
    },
    "answer": "The Houghton Ensignette No.1 sells for about £287 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2003–2011; indicative, one source, old).",
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        {
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            "n": 0,
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        },
        {
            "name": "Anastigmat lens, nickel-plated body",
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        {
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            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/houghton/ensignette-no-1/v/nickel-plated-body/",
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        {
            "id": 15916,
            "date": "2011-11-12",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Houghton No.1 Ensignette nickel",
            "price": 300,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 257,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Anastigmat lens, nickel-plated body",
            "version_status": "matched",
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            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Houghton-No.1-Ensignette-nickel/AI-20-13012",
            "lot": "AI_20_13012"
        },
        {
            "id": 21773,
            "date": "2009-05-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Houghton Ensignette No.1",
            "price": 100,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 88,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Houghton-Ensignette-No.1/AI-15-18417",
            "lot": "AI_15_18417"
        },
        {
            "id": 16728,
            "date": "2008-06-07",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Houghton  Enisgnette Gold",
            "price": 400,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 317,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Gilt finish",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [
                "title_miss"
            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Houghton-Enisgnette-Gold/AI-13-16817",
            "lot": "AI_13_16817"
        },
        {
            "id": 43023,
            "date": "2003-05-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Houghton  No.1 Ensignette nickel",
            "price": 583,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 416,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Nickel-plated body",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Houghton-No.1-Ensignette-nickel/AI-2-21713",
            "lot": "AI_2_21713"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/h/houghton/ensignette-no-1/sales/",
    "citation": "“Houghton Ensignette No.1: about £287, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2003–2011 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/h/houghton/ensignette-no-1/",
    "method": {
        "version": 1,
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/methodology/"
    },
    "computed_at": "2026-10-08 04:10:00.831811",
    "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."
}