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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Kern Switar",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Kern",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/"
    },
    "answer": "The Kern Switar has 2 recorded sales: £1,544 (11 Jun 2022, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £404 (28 May 2011, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.",
    "figure": {
        "grade": "sales_only",
        "grade_label": "Sales only",
        "modifiers": [
            "old"
        ],
        "n": 2,
        "median_gbp": null,
        "middle_half_gbp": null,
        "period": [
            "2011-05-28",
            "2022-06-11"
        ],
        "last_3_years": null,
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        "one_sale_moves_this": null,
        "extras": null,
        "basis": "Auction hammer prices with the buyer’s premium removed; eBay as sold"
    },
    "reason": null,
    "versions": [
        {
            "name": "Macro version",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/v/macro-version/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "13mm f/0.9 D-mount",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/v/13mm-f-0-9-d-mount/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 0,
            "grade": "none",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "50mm f/1.8",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/v/50mm-f-1-8/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "75mm f/1.9",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/v/75mm-f-1-9/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 0,
            "grade": "none",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "36mm f/1.8",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/v/36mm-f-1-8/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 0,
            "grade": "none",
            "median_gbp": null
        }
    ],
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        "undeterminable": 0
    },
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    "sales_shown": [
        {
            "id": 44488,
            "date": "2022-06-11",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Kern f. Alpa Macro-Switar 1.9/50mm",
            "price": 1800,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1544,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Macro version",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Kern-f.-Alpa-Macro-Switar-1.9-50mm/AI-40-40379",
            "lot": "AI_40_40379"
        },
        {
            "id": 50863,
            "date": "2011-05-28",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Kern Switar 1,8/50mm AR",
            "price": 460,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 404,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "50mm f/1.8",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Kern-Switar-1-8-50mm-AR/AI-19-12488",
            "lot": "AI_19_12488"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/sales/",
    "citation": "“Kern Switar: 2 recorded sales, 2011–2022; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kern/switar/",
    "method": {
        "version": 1,
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/methodology/"
    },
    "computed_at": "2026-10-08 01:25:00.964839",
    "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."
}