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    "type": "product",
    "name": "Leica M4-2",
    "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/",
    "brand": {
        "name": "Leica",
        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/"
    },
    "answer": "The Leica M4-2 typically sells for £1,100 (median of 109 recorded sales, 1998–2026; solid evidence, wide spread).",
    "figure": {
        "grade": "solid",
        "grade_label": "Solid",
        "modifiers": [
            "wide_spread"
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        "n": 109,
        "median_gbp": 1100,
        "middle_half_gbp": [
            581,
            1800
        ],
        "period": [
            "1998-01-29",
            "2026-08-07"
        ],
        "last_3_years": {
            "n": 22,
            "median_gbp": 1392
        },
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            "marketplace_gbp": 1350
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            "median_usd": 1622,
            "median_eur": 1300,
            "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": "42 of the records are from 1998–2007, when an M4-2 sold for about £600; since 2008 the typical price is about £1,345 (67 sales).",
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            "name": "Gold",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/gold/",
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            "grade": "fair",
            "median_gbp": 2259
        },
        {
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            "n": 43,
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            "median_gbp": 750
        },
        {
            "name": "(pre-series)",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/pre-series/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 2,
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        },
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            "name": "olive",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/olive/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 2,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Panda",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/panda/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 0,
            "grade": "none",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Safari Prototype",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/safari-prototype/",
            "kind": "working",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
        },
        {
            "name": "Cut-Away",
            "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/v/cut-away/",
            "kind": "cutaway",
            "n": 1,
            "grade": "sales_only",
            "median_gbp": null
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            "max_gbp": 700,
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        },
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        "pending": 30,
        "undeterminable": 16
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            "id": 66785,
            "date": "2026-08-07",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "[MINT] Leica M4-2 M4 2 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Black Body From JAPAN",
            "price": 1850,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1366,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "black",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/178342251299",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 66786,
            "date": "2026-08-04",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "OH【NEAR MINT】 Leica M4-2 Black 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Body From JAPAN #312",
            "price": 1800,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1329,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "black",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/206447995157",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 66722,
            "date": "2026-07-29",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Leica M4-2 Black Body",
            "price": 1450,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1238,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "black",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/800406566245",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 68310,
            "date": "2026-07-25",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "Leica M4-2 with Summicron-M 50 F2 - Prime Kit! Excellent Condition, Serviced 01/25 - RARE",
            "price": 3499,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 2988,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": null,
            "version_status": "undeterminable",
            "in_typical_price": false,
            "set_apart": "awaiting",
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/188515570130",
            "lot": null
        },
        {
            "id": 66787,
            "date": "2026-07-25",
            "venue": "eBay",
            "title": "[OVERHAUL] Leica M4-2 Black 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera Body from Japan",
            "price": 1799,
            "currency": "USD",
            "gbp": 1345,
            "basis": "marketplace",
            "version": "black",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.ebay.com/itm/117320818960",
            "lot": null
        }
    ],
    "sales_ledger": "https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/sales/",
    "citation": "“Leica M4-2: typical sale price £1,100, the median of 109 recorded sales, 1998–2026, middle half £581–£1,800 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m4-2/",
    "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."
}