🎨 Barnebys Scraper

Want Barnebys auction lots in a spreadsheet? This scraper makes it easy.

Use structured filters — better for AI agents — or paste an input_url. When input_url is set it overrides the filters.

Barnebys is a global auction search. Each category page shows 28 lots. The public listing window is about 1000 lots (~36 pages). This actor returns up to 2000 rows per run.

💡 Perfect for...

• Collectors: Export live lots and sold prices from Barnebys.
• Dashboards: Track new auctions without paging the site.
• Market research: Slice art and antiques by category or keyword.
• Data analysts: Export structured rows with public lot URLs.
• 🤖 AI Agents: Power Claude, Cursor, Codex, the Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw workflows with live Barnebys results.
• 📚 RAG Systems: Feed titles, estimates, and houses into retrieval pipelines.
• 🔗 AI Workflows: Plug into LangChain, AutoGPT, CrewAI, and similar stacks.

✨ Why you'll love this scraper

• 🔗 Input URL or Filters: Paste a Barnebys category, keyword search, or realized-prices URL, or pick the same filters as the site. input_url always wins when set.
• 🎯 Website-Matched Filters: Mode (For sale or Price history), category, keyword, and result cap.
• 🌐 Listing cards: Title, price or estimate, auction house, photo, and lot URL.

📦 What's inside the data?

id, url, title, price, house, image_url, country, status, mode, category, category_slug

🚀 Quick start

Option A: paste https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/arts-and-graphics/page/1. Option B: pick a category or type a keyword and set max_results.

Input Example (filters):

{
  "mode": "auctions",
  "category": "watches-and-clocks",
  "max_results": 100
}

Input Example (URL):

{
  "input_url": "https://www.barnebys.com/auctions?q=picasso",
  "max_results": 100
}

Output Example:

{
  "id": "631918293",
  "url": "https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/lot/wendell-castle-usa-1932-2018-2WehvTr-631918293",
  "title": "WENDELL CASTLE (USA, 1932-2018).",
  "price": "$3,000",
  "house": "Clarke",
  "image_url": "https://bbys.imgix.net/462/example.webp",
  "country": "US",
  "status": "4d 0h",
  "mode": "auctions",
  "category": "Arts & Graphics",
  "category_slug": "arts-and-graphics"
}

Output fields:

Field	Description
id	Barnebys lot id.
url	Public lot page.
title	Lot title.
price	Asking price, estimate, or sold price when shown.
house	Auction house when shown.
image_url	Lot photo.
country	Country badge on the card.
status	Time left, or Sold on price-history cards.
mode	auctions (for sale) or realized-prices (price history).
category	Category label.
category_slug	Category path on the site.

📋 Input reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
input_url	string	No	—	Barnebys category, search, or realized-prices URL. Overrides every filter.
mode	string enum	No	For sale	For sale or Price history.
category	string enum	No	Arts & Graphics	Same categories as the auctions menu. Ignored when Keyword is set.
query	string	No	—	Same as the site search box.
max_results	integer	No	50	Maximum rows (1–2000). Public window is about 1000 lots.