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    "answer": "The Lancaster Merveilleux typically sells for £130 (median of 18 recorded sales, 1999–2025; fair evidence).",
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        {
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            "flags": [
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Lancaster-Son-Le-Marveilleux/AI-31-35349",
            "lot": "AI_31_35349"
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        {
            "id": 80851,
            "date": "2016-07-07",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A J. Lancaster Le Merveilleux Mahogany Field Camera",
            "price": 95,
            "currency": "GBP",
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            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
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            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20160709221806/http://www.specialauctionservices.com:80/large/cm070716/lot0514.html",
            "lot": "514"
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    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lancaster/merveilleux/sales/",
    "citation": "“Lancaster Merveilleux: typical sale price £130, the median of 18 recorded sales, 1999–2025, middle half £103–£200 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lancaster/merveilleux/",
    "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."
}