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    "answer": "The Leica M6 black (early) typically sells for £779 (median of 14 recorded sales, 2003–2024; fair evidence).",
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            "id": 4036,
            "date": "2016-11-19",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
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            "basis": "hammer",
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            "lot": "AI_30_34381"
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            "id": 14833,
            "date": "2016-11-06",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
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            "currency": "EUR",
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            "basis": "hammer",
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            "currency": "EUR",
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            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
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            "lot": "AI_28_32818"
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            "date": "2013-05-25",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M6 black 10413",
            "price": 850,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 722,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "date": "2011-11-12",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M6 black",
            "price": 800,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 686,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
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            "date": "2010-12-04",
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            "price": 1500,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 1272,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "id": 3839,
            "date": "2010-05-29",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M6 Schwarz 10404",
            "price": 900,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 771,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
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            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/M6-Schwarz-10404/AI-17-11011",
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            "id": 3837,
            "date": "2010-05-29",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M6 Schwarz 10404",
            "price": 900,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 771,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "lot": "AI_17_11009"
        },
        {
            "id": 3855,
            "date": "2003-05-23",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "M6 black  10404",
            "price": 1094,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "gbp": 780,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "black (early)",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
            "source_url": "https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/M6-black-10404/AI-2-22048",
            "lot": "AI_2_22048"
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    "citation": "“Leica M6 black (early): typical sale price £779, the median of 14 recorded sales, 2003–2024, middle half £734–£1,261 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m6/v/black-early/",
    "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."
}