Photographica Index (PHGI)
Photographica Index (PHGI): a daily market-performance index for vintage cameras and photographica, built on ALT/FNDATA's dataset of over 16,000 lots across 140+ auction houses since 2003, with 11,000+ realised prices. Vintage and collectible cameras, lenses, Leica and rangefinder equipment, stereoscopes, projectors and photographic apparatus. Daily index values.
What this listing delivers
- Daily market-performance index for vintage cameras and photographica, built on 16,000+ lots across 140+ auction houses since 2003.
- Vintage and collectible cameras, lenses, Leica and rangefinder equipment, stereoscopes, projectors and photographic apparatus. Delivered in JSON, CSV and SQL formats.
- Anchor of a family of vintage cameras and photographica indices on AWS Data Exchange. Daily-updated index values.
Coverage & methodology
The Photographica Index delivers daily index values tracking the vintage cameras and photographica market on a consistent methodology, for benchmarking, valuation and research. The index is built on ALT/FNDATA's vintage cameras and photographica sales data (over 16,000 lots across 140+ auction houses since 2003, with 11,000+ realised prices). Index values come in JSON, CSV and SQL formats and update daily.
Access
This dataset is published on AWS Data Exchange as part of the ALT/FNDATA catalogue. For subscription terms, a data sample, delivery format and enterprise licensing, contact our data team and we will get you set up directly.
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Source: ALT/FNDATA, 19.24M realized auction results across 37 collectible categories, normalized to USD. Featured lot images courtesy of the auction houses named. Methodology · All datasets · Brands · Market statistics

