# Bidsquare Auction House Lot Listings Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper`) Actor Scrapes live, upcoming, and closed auction lots from Bidsquare, covering roughly 250 member auction houses. Each record includes lot descriptions, category, estimate range, bidding status, and hammer price for closed lots. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.80 / 1,000 record scrapeds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper Scrapes live, upcoming, and closed auction lots from Bidsquare, the marketplace aggregating roughly 250 independent auction houses. Returns lot descriptions, estimates, bidding status, and closed-lot hammer prices in clean JSON. *** ### Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper Features - Extracts every lot across Bidsquare's live/upcoming calendar and its closed archive — not just the handful of items shown on the auction summary page - Returns estimate ranges, buyer's premium, and hammer prices for sold lots, even on auction houses that hide bidding activity behind a login wall - Captures auction-level context on every row — auction house, auction title, sale window, and location — so a lot never arrives orphaned from its sale - Pulls full-size photo sets per lot, deduplicated to the actual gallery for that item - Picks up where it left off on large runs via a resume cursor, at no extra charge for records you already have *** ### Who Uses This? - **Appraisers** — build comparables from closed hammer prices instead of guessing at fair market value - **Galleries and dealers** — track what's moving through regional auction houses in a given category before consigning or bidding - **Estate and trust valuers** — pull documented sale results across multiple houses for a single valuation file - **Collectors and researchers** — watch specific categories (fine art, Asian works, decorative arts, jewelry) across the full member-house roster instead of checking 250 sites by hand *** ### How Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper Works 1. Give it a `maxItems` limit — or leave the default and let it run against the full calendar. 2. It works through Bidsquare's live/upcoming auctions and its closed archive, following each auction house's full lot catalog rather than the abbreviated preview shown on the summary page. 3. Each lot lands in your dataset with its own fields plus the auction it belongs to, ready to filter, join, or export. *** ### Input ```json { "maxItems": 100 } ``` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |----------------|---------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `maxItems` | Integer | 10 | Maximum number of lots to return. Leave high (or omit) for a full sweep. | | `resumeCursor` | String | — | Cursor from a previous run's Output. Continues a crawl that stopped early. | *** ### Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper Output Fields ```json { "lot_id": "9551534", "lot_url": "https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/annex-auctions/vintage-j-b-hirsch-fisherman-sailor-holding-a-lantern-9551534", "lot_number": "100", "title": "Vintage J.B. Hirsch Fisherman/Sailor Holding a Lantern", "description": "One (1) Vintage J.B Hirsch \"Lighting The Way\" Fisherman/Sailor holding a lantern...", "auction_house": "Annex Auctions", "auction_house_url": "https://www.bidsquare.com/auction-house/annex-auctions", "auction_id": "24080", "auction_title": "September Thursday Discovery Auction", "auction_starts_at": "2026-09-03T16:00:00-04:00 EDT", "auction_ends_at": "2026-09-17T16:00:00-04:00 EDT", "category": "Decorative Arts", "artist_or_maker": null, "estimate_low": 50, "estimate_high": 100, "currency": "USD", "starting_bid": null, "current_bid": null, "bid_count": null, "hammer_price": 40, "sale_status": "sold", "condition_report": "Very good condition. See photos.", "provenance": null, "dimensions": "9.5\"X5\"X3\"", "location_city": null, "location_state": "CA", "buyers_premium_pct": 30, "image_urls": ["https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3882/38824942.jpeg"] } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |----------------------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `lot_id` | String | Bidsquare's own numeric ID for the lot. | | `lot_url` | String | Direct link to the lot page. | | `lot_number` | String | The lot's number within its auction, when the house assigns one. | | `title` | String | Lot title as listed. | | `description` | String | Full lot description text. | | `auction_house` | String | Name of the member auction house running the sale. | | `auction_house_url` | String | Link to the auction house's Bidsquare profile. | | `auction_id` | String | ID of the auction event the lot belongs to. | | `auction_title` | String | Name of the auction event. | | `auction_starts_at` | String | Auction start time. | | `auction_ends_at` | String | Auction end time. | | `category` | String | Lot category (fine art, decorative arts, jewelry, Asian works, etc.). | | `artist_or_maker` | String | Artist or maker name, where the lot's own listing identifies one. | | `estimate_low` | Number | Low end of the pre-sale estimate. | | `estimate_high` | Number | High end of the pre-sale estimate. | | `currency` | String | Currency of all price fields (USD on Bidsquare). | | `starting_bid` | Number | Opening bid, where the auction house makes it public. | | `current_bid` | Number | Current bid on a live/upcoming lot, where the auction house makes it public. | | `bid_count` | Integer | Number of bids placed so far, where public. | | `hammer_price` | Number | Final sale price for a closed/sold lot. | | `sale_status` | String | One of `live`, `upcoming`, `sold`, `passed`. | | `condition_report` | String | Condition notes, where the auction house includes them. | | `provenance` | String | Provenance notes, where the auction house includes them. | | `dimensions` | String | Item dimensions as listed. | | `location_city` | String | City the auction is held from, where listed. | | `location_state` | String | State the auction is held from, where listed. | | `buyers_premium_pct` | Number | Buyer's premium percentage for the auction. | | `image_urls` | Array | Full-size photo URLs for the lot. | A handful of these fields are auction-house-dependent rather than Bidsquare-wide — bidding activity and provenance are public on some houses and gated behind login on others. That's the source, not a gap in the data you get from the fields it does expose. *** ### Resuming a large crawl Every run emits a `resumeCursor` in its Output. If a large crawl stops before it finishes — because it hit `maxItems`, your spend cap (`maxTotalChargeUsd`), or was aborted — start a new run with **the same input** plus that `resumeCursor` to continue from where it left off. The crawl resumes from the queued work the previous run didn't reach. - You are **not re-charged** for records the earlier run already delivered. - Resume within your account's run-retention window — on the free tier, roughly your 10 most recent runs. Once the source run is pruned, its `resumeCursor` is no longer valid. - `resumeCursor` is opaque — supply it unmodified. *** ### FAQ #### How do I scrape Bidsquare auction listings? Run this actor with a `maxItems` limit, or leave it high for a full sweep. It returns every lot across Bidsquare's live/upcoming calendar and its closed archive, one JSON record per lot. #### What data can I get from Bidsquare? Lot descriptions, categories, pre-sale estimates, bidding activity where the auction house makes it public, closed-lot hammer prices, buyer's premium, dimensions, and photos — plus the auction and auction house each lot belongs to. #### Does this cover closed auctions, or just live ones? Both. Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper works through the live/upcoming calendar and the closed archive in the same run, so hammer prices from past sales come back alongside current listings. #### Do I need a Bidsquare account? No. The actor needs no login and no API key — point it at a run and it returns lots. #### Can I get results from just one auction house or category? Not as a built-in filter today. Every run covers the full corpus; filter the output dataset by `auction_house` or `category` after the fact, or file an issue if a built-in filter would help. *** ### Need More Features? Need a filter by auction house, category, or price range? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use Bidsquare Auction Lot Listings Scraper? - **Full coverage, not a preview** — walks each auction's complete lot catalog instead of the five thumbnails shown on the calendar page - **Closed prices included** — hammer prices come back even from auction houses that hide bidding activity behind a login wall on their own site, which is the number appraisers actually need - **One schema, both states** — live and closed lots share the same fields, so a comparables file doesn't need two imports # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): We'll personally help with your use case. No spam. ## `resumeCursor` (type: `string`): Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the `resumeCursor` value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to scrape ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jungle_synthesizer/bidsquare-auction-house-lot-listings-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zajKtYRAS5DWHVTPW/builds/RcYOVWXC2u4tceZbV/openapi.json