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            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
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            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Kodak Aero Ektar f/2.5 178mm Lens",
            "price": 397,
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            "id": 48221,
            "date": "2016-11-19",
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            "version": "177.8mm f/2.5",
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            "id": 41611,
            "date": "2004-11-06",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Kodak   Aero-Ektar 2.5/178mm",
            "price": 208,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 145,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "177.8mm f/2.5",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Kodak-Aero-Ektar-2.5-178mm/AI-6-23999",
            "lot": "AI_6_23999"
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        {
            "id": 47882,
            "date": null,
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "An Eastman Kodak Aero-Ektar f/2.5 7in. 178mm 5 x 5 Lens",
            "price": 300,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": null,
            "basis": "unknown",
            "version": "177.8mm f/2.5",
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    "citation": "“Kodak Aero-Ektar 177.8mm f/2.5: typical sale price £281, the median of 14 recorded sales, 2004–2026, middle half £225–£362 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kodak/aero-ektar/v/177-8mm-f-2-5/",
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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."
}