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            "title": "A Nikon Nikkor Ais f/1.4 85mm Lens",
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            "id": 5938,
            "date": "2024-10-23",
            "venue": "Chiswick Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor AIS Lens",
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            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
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            "id": 5936,
            "date": "2024-10-23",
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            "title": "A Nikon 85mm f/1.4 Nikkor AI-S Lens",
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            "gbp": 280,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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            "lot": "116"
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            "id": 16912,
            "date": "2024-10-08",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 Ai-S Lens",
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            "version": "Ai-S",
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        {
            "id": 17183,
            "date": "2024-08-27",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon Nikkor f/1.4 85mm AI-S Lens",
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            "gbp": 190,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
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            "venue": "Chiswick Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AIS Lens",
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            "currency": "GBP",
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            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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            "lot": "185"
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        {
            "id": 4633,
            "date": "2022-04-23",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon Ais Nikkor f/1.4 85mm Lens",
            "price": 475,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 380,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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            "lot": "87"
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            "id": 18264,
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            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon Ais Nikkor f/1.4 85mm Lens",
            "price": 480,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 400,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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            "lot": "308"
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        {
            "id": 41465,
            "date": "2003-11-22",
            "venue": "Leitz Photographica Auction",
            "title": "Nikon  85/1,4 Nikkor",
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            "currency": "EUR",
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            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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    "citation": "“Nikon 85mm f/1.4 Ai-S: typical sale price £296, the median of 19 recorded sales, 2003–2026, middle half £237–£335 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nikon/85mm-f-1-4/v/ai-s/",
    "method": {
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        "url": "https://www.cameraworth.com/methodology/"
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    "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."
}