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            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
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            "id": 16439,
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            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
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            "currency": "GBP",
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            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Ai-S",
            "version_status": "matched",
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            "lot": "501"
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            "id": 44057,
            "date": "2023-04-26",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
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            "price": 119,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 95,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
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        },
        {
            "id": 8017,
            "date": "2023-04-18",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/2 AI-S Lens",
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            "currency": "GBP",
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            "basis": "hammer",
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        {
            "id": 8006,
            "date": "2023-04-18",
            "venue": "Special Auction Services",
            "title": "A Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/2 AI-S Lens",
            "price": 120,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 120,
            "basis": "hammer",
            "version": "Ai-S",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "220"
        },
        {
            "id": 43750,
            "date": "2022-10-12",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon Ais Nikkor f/2 85mm Lens",
            "price": 100,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 80,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
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            "flags": [],
            "source_url": null,
            "lot": "170"
        },
        {
            "id": 22804,
            "date": "2019-04-26",
            "venue": "Flints Auctions",
            "title": "A Nikon Ais Nikkor f/2 85mm Lens",
            "price": 192,
            "currency": "GBP",
            "gbp": 160,
            "basis": "premium_inclusive",
            "version": "Ai-S",
            "version_status": "matched",
            "in_typical_price": true,
            "set_apart": null,
            "flags": [],
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            "lot": "310"
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    "citation": "“Nikon 85mm f/2 Ai-S: typical sale price £125, the median of 14 recorded sales, 2019–2026, middle half £84–£150 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nikon/85mm-f-2/v/ai-s/",
    "method": {
        "version": 1,
        "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."
}