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    "type": "version",
    "name": "Leica I (A) Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
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        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/"
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    "answer": "The Leica I (A) Elmax f/3.5 50mm sells for about £2,864 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 2000–2024; indicative).",
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            "id": 13213,
            "date": "2024-01-01",
            "venue": "Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions",
            "title": "Leica I (Model A) with 50mm Elmax f3,5 lens with long-base rangefinder FODIS",
            "price": 12500,
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            "id": 39404,
            "date": "2023-11-25",
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            "title": "Leica I Mod. A Elmax outfit",
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        {
            "id": 37820,
            "date": "2023-11-25",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
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        },
        {
            "id": 12739,
            "date": "2023-06-10",
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            "gbp": 12020,
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            "lot": "AI_20220121_1128_41430"
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        {
            "id": 18151,
            "date": "2021-11-20",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
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            "price": 9000,
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            "gbp": 7631,
            "basis": "hammer",
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            "in_typical_price": false,
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-I-Mod.-A-Elmax-outfit/AI-39-39594",
            "lot": "AI_39_39594"
        },
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            "id": 16088,
            "date": "2018-04-26",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Leica Model Ia Elmax Camera",
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            "id": 62795,
            "date": "2014-05-01",
            "venue": "Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions",
            "title": "Leica A Elmax Nr. 597. The 467th",
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            "gbp": 2227,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "id": 76089,
            "date": "2013-12-01",
            "venue": "Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions",
            "title": "Leica A Elmax Nr. 597.",
            "price": 2850,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1739,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200919152004/https://www.tamarkinauctions.com/results/december-2013-auction-results",
            "lot": "301"
        },
        {
            "id": 62666,
            "date": "2008-09-30",
            "venue": "Bonhams",
            "title": "Leica I(A) camera with Elmax lens",
            "price": 1800,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 1800,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
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            "lot": "410"
        },
        {
            "id": 12019,
            "date": "2003-06-03",
            "venue": "Christie's",
            "title": "Leica I(a) no. 748",
            "price": 6462,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 5500,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": false,
            "set_apart": "lots_parts",
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4102219?ldp_breadcrumb=back",
            "lot": "48"
        },
        {
            "id": 12475,
            "date": "2000-06-08",
            "venue": "Christie's",
            "title": "Leica I(a) no. 864",
            "price": 4112,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 3500,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Elmax f/3.5 50mm",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1801859?ldp_breadcrumb=back",
            "lot": "95"
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    ],
    "citation": "“Leica I (A) Elmax f/3.5 50mm: about £2,864, the median of 6 recorded sales, 2000–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/elmax-f-3-5-50mm/",
    "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."
}