Yahoo! Auctions Japan Sold Prices — Median, Range, Bids

What it does: Looks up ended auctions on Yahoo! Auctions Japan — one keyword or a whole list — and returns a sold-price summary per keyword (only sold auctions count).

You enter: keywords — one or a whole list, e.g. ポケモンカード リザードン psa10 (Japanese matches closest)

You get: median sold price, middle 50% range, lowest–highest, average, bid count, how many of the sample sold and the total found — in yen and USD, from the first 100 ended auctions. Plus each sold auction: title, price, bids, condition, end time, URL.

Price: $0.02 per keyword, plus $0.002 per sold auction returned — on by default, so the 100-sold example below comes to $0.22; turn off Include individual auctions to pay $0.02 only. A keyword with nothing sold = no charge.

Example: enter ポケモンカード リザードン psa10 → median ¥41,180 · range ¥7,500–1,500,000 · typically 1 bid (up to 82) · all 100 sampled ended auctions sold, of 5,452 found (real run, 2026-08-17). Bulk: a 25-keyword camera list with auction rows off returned all 25 summaries in one 160-second run, $0.50 (real run, 2026-08-21)

Unofficial — not affiliated with Yahoo! Auctions. Reads public pages only.

Why closed auctions?

Yahoo! Auctions (ヤフオク) is Japan's biggest auction marketplace and the country's deepest source of collectibles, retro games, camera gear, watches, and trading cards. An ended auction shows what a Japanese buyer actually paid, not what a seller hoped for — but the pages are Japanese only, and you have to read them one at a time. One keyword gives you:

• A price to work from before you buy or sell — the median and the middle 50% range of real final prices
• A read on competition — the bid counts show how hard people fought for the item
• A number you can compare abroad — every figure also comes in US dollars, so you can hold it against eBay or your local market
• A second opinion from Mercari — run our Mercari Japan Price Checker on the same keyword to see the gap between the two sites

Input example

{
    "keywords": ["ポケモンカード リザードン psa10", "Leica M6"],
    "maxItemsPerKeyword": 100,
    "convertToUsd": true
}

Output

One price_summary record per keyword. Measured on 2026-08-17 (real run, keyword ポケモンカード リザードン psa10):

{
    "type": "price_summary",
    "keyword": "ポケモンカード リザードン psa10",
    "status": "closed_auctions",
    "keywordStatus": "ok",
    "totalListingsFound": 5452,
    "sampledListings": 100,
    "soldListings": 100,
    "priceJpy": { "min": 7500, "p25": 15000, "median": 41180, "p75": 124985, "max": 1500000, "average": 92033 },
    "compSpread": 8.33,
    "mixedKeywordLikely": true,
    "priceUsd": { "min": 47.11, "p25": 94.22, "median": 258.65, "p75": 785.03, "max": 9421.5, "average": 578.06 },
    "bidCountStats": { "min": 1, "p25": 1, "median": 1, "p75": 1, "max": 82, "average": 6 },
    "exchangeRateJpyUsd": 0.006281,
    "checkedAt": "2026-08-17T17:43:41.863658+00:00"
}

Plus (on by default) each sold auction, one row each, with title, final price (JPY + USD), bids, watch count, condition, category, whether it was a fixed-price listing, end time, photo, and a direct auctions.yahoo.co.jp URL.

What counts as sold. An ended auction with at least one bid. Ended auctions that got no bids are asking prices nobody accepted, and the summary never counts them. By default the individual rows are the sold ones only; turn off Individual results: sold only to get the unsold ended auctions as well (they are charged the same $0.002 each).

How wide the keyword is. compSpread is the middle 50% divided by itself (p75 ÷ p25), and mixedKeywordLikely is true above 4x — the same measure and the same ceiling as the price trend and underpriced deals tools. One product sits near 1.5–3x. Above that, the keyword caught several kinds of thing and no single median describes them: measured 2026-08-18, camera returns 644,782 ended auctions at 9.45x, with a Surface Pro and a car door mirror on the first page, and even Nikon Z6 spans 38.48x. When you see true, use a fuller model name or a narrower keyword.

Which language to use. English generic words work: Yahoo maps them to Japanese, and camera and カメラ returned the identical 644,782 ended auctions on 2026-08-18 (guitar = ギター 132,855, gundam = ガンダム 436,536). Japanese spelling still gives the tightest match, and the spelling of a model number (α7 IV vs ILCE-7M4) is usually what decides whether a search hits at all.

When a keyword comes back empty

keywordStatus says which kind of empty it is, and an empty result is never charged:

keywordStatus	What it means	What to do
ok	Sold auctions were found	—
not_found	Nothing ended under that spelling	Try another way of writing the model number (α7 IV / ILCE-7M4), or a broader keyword
no_sold_history	Auctions ended under this keyword, but none got a bid	Nothing sold at those asking prices. Try a broader keyword

When the status is not ok, a hint field spells out the same next step in one sentence.

Pricing

$0.02 per keyword, plus $0.002 per individual auction returned. Individual auctions are on by default, so the 100-sold example above would come to $0.22; turn off Include individual auctions to pay the $0.02 only. A keyword where nothing sold is not charged. You pay per keyword; there is no monthly fee.

Price a whole list in one run

keywords takes a list — one item or a whole buying list. Each keyword returns its own summary at $0.02, plus the sold-auction rows at $0.002 each (on by default).

Measured on 2026-08-21 (real run): 25 camera keywords with Include individual auctions turned off → all 25 summaries in 160 seconds, $0.50.

The platform stops a run when it reaches its Maximum cost per run setting (default $3.00). With auction rows on, that comes fast: a 25-keyword camera list was stopped mid-run after 12 keywords (measured 2026-08-21). For long lists, turn the rows off, raise the ceiling in the run options, or split the list. The run's default time limit is 300 seconds.

Use with AI agents

This Actor can be called from the Apify MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP-connected agents can look up Japanese sold prices on their own — for example inside a sourcing or repricing workflow.

Fair use & data

• Reads only publicly visible ended-auction data — no login; no seller information is returned
• Requests are spaced out to keep the load on Yahoo! Auctions small
• Not affiliated with LY Corporation. Data is provided for market research; verify before large transactions

Roadmap

Category and price filters, and a side-by-side view against Mercari prices. Feedback via the Issues tab is very welcome.

If something goes wrong

• Wrong number or a failed run? Open a ticket on the Issues tab. I read every one and reply within 2 business days (Japan time).
• You never get a fake "empty" result. If the site can't be read, the run fails and says so.
• No results = no charge. You only pay for results you actually get.
• Checked every week. An automatic test runs this tool weekly; if the site changes, I fix it.
• Public pages only. No login, no personal data, and it goes easy on the site.

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Other language editions of this tool: 中文 · 한국어

All tools (Japan marketplaces, real estate, jobs, racing, prediction markets): https://apify.com/jpmarketdata

Disclaimer

Unofficial, independent tool — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Yahoo! Auctions. Product names and logos belong to their owners and only say where the data comes from. Data is read from public pages, for market research; check before you act on it.