# Liveauctioneers Art Prices Realized Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper`) Actor Scrape prices-realized data from LiveAuctioneers for sold art lots. Returns hammer price, estimates, artist, medium, auction house, and lot details. Supports fine-art category browsing, keyword search, auction-house filtering, and BYO lot-URL list. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## 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. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## LiveAuctioneers Art Prices Realized Scraper Scrape **prices-realized data** from [LiveAuctioneers](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/) for sold art lots. Returns hammer price, estimates, artist, medium, auction house, and full lot details. ### What it does The actor queries LiveAuctioneers' internal JSON APIs — no HTML parsing. It uses a Firefox TLS fingerprint (impit) to bypass the site's TLS fingerprint gate and calls three API endpoints: - **search-party** — paginated sold-lot search by keyword, category, and/or auction house - **item-facets** — artist name, medium, and art category enrichment per lot - **content/items** — lot detail by itemId (for BYO URL mode) - **priceresultsummary** — slug→itemId resolution for legacy URL formats ### Modes #### 1. Keyword / category search (default) Set `keyword` and/or `categoryId` to page through sold lot results. Combine with `auctionHouseId` to scope to a single auction house. #### 2. BYO lot URLs Supply a list of price-result URLs (e.g. `https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/some-lot-slug/`). The actor resolves each URL to a lot ID and fetches full detail and enrichment data. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `keyword` | string | Search keyword or artist name (e.g. "Picasso", "watercolor landscape") | | `categoryId` | integer | LiveAuctioneers category ID (1=Art, 8=Drawings, 14=Paintings, 12=Prints & Multiples) | | `auctionHouseId` | integer | Filter to a specific auction house by their seller ID | | `lotUrls` | array | List of price-result URLs for direct lot lookup | | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of records to return (default: 10) | ### Output Each record contains: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `lot_id` | LiveAuctioneers itemId | | `auction_id` | Catalog/auction ID | | `auction_title` | Auction catalog title | | `auction_house` | Auction house name | | `sale_date` | Sale date (YYYY-MM-DD) | | `lot_number` | Lot number within the auction | | `title` | Lot title | | `artist_name` | Artist/creator name (from facets enrichment) | | `medium` | Material/technique (e.g. "Oil on canvas", "Watercolor") | | `dimensions` | Dimensions string parsed from description | | `category` | Art category (e.g. "Paintings", "Prints & Multiples") | | `low_estimate` | Low pre-sale estimate | | `high_estimate` | High pre-sale estimate | | `estimate_currency` | Currency code for estimates | | `sold_price` | Hammer/realized price | | `sold_currency` | Currency code for sold price | | `is_sold` | Whether the lot sold | | `num_bids` | Number of bids received | | `thumbnail_url` | Lot thumbnail image URL | | `lot_url` | Canonical price-result URL | ### Example output ```json { "lot_id": 123456789, "auction_id": 987654, "auction_title": "Fine Art & Antiques", "auction_house": "Heritage Auctions", "sale_date": "2024-03-15", "lot_number": "42", "title": "Watercolor Landscape with Figures", "artist_name": "John Marin", "medium": "Watercolor on paper", "dimensions": "12\" x 18\"", "category": "Paintings", "low_estimate": 2000, "high_estimate": 3000, "estimate_currency": "USD", "sold_price": 3500, "sold_currency": "USD", "is_sold": true, "num_bids": 12, "thumbnail_url": "https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/...", "lot_url": "https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/..." } ```` ### Use cases - Art market research and price benchmarking - Artist valuation and market trend analysis - Auction house performance tracking - Collection appraisal support - Investment research for art assets ### Notes - Results are limited to **sold lots** with realized prices - Artist enrichment (`artist_name`, `medium`, `category`) comes from LiveAuctioneers' facets API and may not be available for all lots - Dimension extraction uses pattern matching on the description field; not all lots include dimensions - The BYO URL mode supports both modern slugs (`--title`) and legacy title-only slugs # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `keyword` (type: `string`): Search keyword or artist name (e.g. "Picasso", "watercolor landscape"). Used when lotUrls is not provided. ## `categoryId` (type: `integer`): LiveAuctioneers category ID to scope results (e.g. 1=Art, 8=Drawings, 14=Paintings, 12=Prints & Multiples). Leave blank for all art. ## `auctionHouseId` (type: `integer`): Filter results to a specific auction house by their LiveAuctioneers seller ID (integer). Optional. ## `lotUrls` (type: `array`): List of LiveAuctioneers price-result URLs to scrape directly. Example: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/some-lot-slug/ ## `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...", "keyword": "watercolor", "categoryId": 1, "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...", "keyword": "watercolor", "categoryId": 1, "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-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...", "keyword": "watercolor", "categoryId": 1, "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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...", "keyword": "watercolor", "categoryId": 1, "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Liveauctioneers Art Prices Realized Scraper", "description": "Scrape prices-realized data from LiveAuctioneers for sold art lots. Returns hammer price, estimates, artist, medium, auction house, and lot details. Supports fine-art category browsing, keyword search, auction-house filtering, and BYO lot-URL list.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "OI9CJMfsxYCSdgeod" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-liveauctioneers-art-prices-realized-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "keyword": { "title": "Keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Search keyword or artist name (e.g. \"Picasso\", \"watercolor landscape\"). Used when lotUrls is not provided." }, "categoryId": { "title": "Category ID", "type": "integer", "description": "LiveAuctioneers category ID to scope results (e.g. 1=Art, 8=Drawings, 14=Paintings, 12=Prints & Multiples). Leave blank for all art." }, "auctionHouseId": { "title": "Auction House ID", "type": "integer", "description": "Filter results to a specific auction house by their LiveAuctioneers seller ID (integer). Optional." }, "lotUrls": { "title": "Lot URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of LiveAuctioneers price-result URLs to scrape directly. Example: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/some-lot-slug/", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records to scrape" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```