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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Leica I (A)",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Leica",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/"
    },
    "answer": "The Leica I (A) typically sells for £700 (median of 544 recorded sales, 1998–2026; solid evidence, wide spread, version mix).",
    "figure": {
        "grade": "solid",
        "grade_label": "Solid",
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            "wide_spread",
            "version_mix"
        ],
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        "median_gbp": 700,
        "middle_half_gbp": [
            400,
            1612
        ],
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            "1998-01-29",
            "2026-08-27"
        ],
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        },
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        "one_sale_moves_this": null,
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            "median_usd": 1007,
            "median_eur": 894,
            "note": "USD and EUR from each sale converted at its month’s ECB rate"
        },
        "basis": "Auction hammer prices with the buyer’s premium removed; eBay as sold"
    },
    "reason": "220 of the records are from 1998–2010, when an I (A) sold for about £400; since 2011 the typical price is about £1,029 (324 sales).",
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            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/calfskin-kalf-leather-bright/",
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            "n": 2,
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        },
        {
            "name": "Calfskin (Kalf Leather, dark)",
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        },
        {
            "name": "Calfskin (Kalf Leather, suede, chequered)",
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            "n": 1,
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        {
            "name": "Capi Groningen",
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            "name": "Snake Skin",
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            "n": 2,
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            "name": "(4-digits Number) close focus",
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            "name": "(4-digits Number) Feathered Arrows",
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            "name": "(5-digits Number) close focus",
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            "name": "Elmax sn500-1000",
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            "name": "Elmax",
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            "name": "Luxus (replica)",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/luxus-replica/",
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            "n": 1,
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            "median_gbp": null
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            "name": "Schnittmodell (Cutaway version)",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/schnittmodell-cutaway-version/",
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            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/elmar-f-3-5-50mm/",
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            "id": 82424,
            "date": "2026-08-27",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Leitz Wetzlar Leica I 1 Black No. 7071 Camera Elmar 1:3.5 50mm Lens",
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            "date": "2026-06-22",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Leica I #34977 Camera with Elmar f/3.5 Lens - 50mm. Circa 1930.",
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            "id": 67639,
            "date": "2026-06-17",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Leica I - 35mm Rangefinder Camera + LEITZ Elmar 1:3,5 f=50mm Lens by LEITZ 1930",
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            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 1000,
            "basis": "marketplace",
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            "id": 76520,
            "date": "2026-06-13",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica I Mod. A Elmar",
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            "currency": "EUR",
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            "basis": "hammer",
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            "lot": "A02805"
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    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/sales/",
    "citation": "“Leica I (A): typical sale price £700, the median of 544 recorded sales, 1998–2026, middle half £400–£1,612 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/",
    "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."
}