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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Leica I (C)",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Leica",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/"
    },
    "answer": "The Leica I (C) typically sells for £945 (median of 81 recorded sales, 1998–2026; solid evidence, wide spread, version mix).",
    "figure": {
        "grade": "solid",
        "grade_label": "Solid",
        "modifiers": [
            "wide_spread",
            "version_mix"
        ],
        "n": 81,
        "median_gbp": 945,
        "middle_half_gbp": [
            440,
            1613
        ],
        "period": [
            "1998-03-19",
            "2026-07-27"
        ],
        "last_3_years": {
            "n": 20,
            "median_gbp": 997
        },
        "pools": null,
        "one_sale_moves_this": null,
        "extras": {
            "median_usd": 1326,
            "median_eur": 1100,
            "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": "17 of the records are from 1998–2008, when an I (C) sold for about £300; since 2011 the typical price is about £1,104 (64 sales).",
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        {
            "name": "Luxus",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/luxus/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Hektor",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/hektor/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 8,
            "grade": "indicative",
            "median_gbp": 966
        },
        {
            "name": "non-standard mount",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/non-standard-mount/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 14,
            "grade": "fair",
            "median_gbp": 1389
        },
        {
            "name": "Summar",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/summar/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "upgraded",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/upgraded/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 7,
            "grade": "indicative",
            "median_gbp": 1615
        },
        {
            "name": "Calfskin",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/calfskin/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 3,
            "grade": "indicative",
            "median_gbp": 16129
        },
        {
            "name": "Cut-Away",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/cut-away/",
            "kind": "cutaway",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Luxus (replica)",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/luxus-replica/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "with Compur Elmar",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/v/with-compur-elmar/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        }
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            "label": "Display, dummy or cut-away piece",
            "n": 1,
            "min_gbp": 765,
            "max_gbp": 765,
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        "outfits": {
            "label": "Outfit (body with several lenses)",
            "n": 9,
            "min_gbp": 968,
            "max_gbp": 8067,
            "median_gbp": 2040
        },
        "awaiting": {
            "label": "Awaiting classification",
            "n": 2,
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            "max_gbp": 2263,
            "median_gbp": null
        }
    },
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        "pending": 22,
        "undeterminable": 23
    },
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    "sales_shown": [
        {
            "id": 70190,
            "date": "2026-07-27",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "LEICA I 1926/1927 converted II",
            "price": 1100,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 939,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "upgraded",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [
                "far_below"
            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/257608413731",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 70193,
            "date": "2026-06-26",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Vintage Leica I Viewfinder Film Camera Working w/ Leitz Elmar 5cm F/3.5 Lens",
            "price": 314,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 314,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/178235503223",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 76370,
            "date": "2026-06-13",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica I Mod. C Standard",
            "price": 500,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 432,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-I-Mod.-C-Standard/A02729",
            "lot": "A02729"
        },
        {
            "id": 76064,
            "date": "2026-06-13",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica I Mod. C Standard with Hektor 2.5/5cm",
            "price": 500,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 432,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Hektor",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-I-Mod.-C-Standard-with-Hektor-2.5-5cm/A03153",
            "lot": "A03153"
        },
        {
            "id": 75766,
            "date": "2026-06-13",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica I Mod. C Standard",
            "price": 1200,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1036,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Hektor",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-I-Mod.-C-Standard/A02952",
            "lot": "A02952"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/sales/",
    "citation": "“Leica I (C): typical sale price £945, the median of 81 recorded sales, 1998–2026, middle half £440–£1,613 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-c/",
    "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."
}