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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Leica M Prototype",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m-prototype/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Leica",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/"
    },
    "answer": "The Leica M Prototype sells for about £16,362 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 2007–2025; indicative, one source, version mix).",
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        {
            "id": 11351,
            "date": "2025-06-27",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica M prototype",
            "price": 360000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 305932,
            "basis": "hammer",
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            "set_apart": null,
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            "lot": "A01692"
        },
        {
            "id": 16001,
            "date": "2024-11-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica M prototype",
            "price": 1700000,
            "currency": "EUR",
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-M-prototype/A01340",
            "lot": "A01340"
        },
        {
            "id": 12487,
            "date": "2024-11-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Leica M prototype model",
            "price": 18000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 15008,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "pending",
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Leica-M-prototype-model/A01343",
            "lot": "A01343"
        },
        {
            "id": 41507,
            "date": "2022-06-11",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Experimental Leica M with metal slide shutter",
            "price": 15000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 12864,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [
                "title_miss"
            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Experimental-Leica-M-with-metal-slide-shutter/AI-40-40103",
            "lot": "AI_40_40103"
        },
        {
            "id": 4416,
            "date": "2009-05-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "35mm Rangefinder Prototype Camera",
            "price": 3000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 2653,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "24x24mm square-format prototype",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [
                "far_below"
            ],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/35mm-Rangefinder-Prototype-Camera/AI-15-18967",
            "lot": "AI_15_18967"
        },
        {
            "id": 5208,
            "date": "2007-05-26",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M  Prototype",
            "price": 26000,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 17715,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/M-Prototype/AI-11-16482",
            "lot": "AI_11_16482"
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m-prototype/sales/",
    "citation": "“Leica M Prototype: about £16,362, the median of 6 recorded sales, 2007–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m-prototype/",
    "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."
}