# MaxSold Estate Auction Scraper (`lulzasaur/maxsold-scraper`) Actor

Scrape MaxSold estate & downsizing online auctions. Per-lot data: title, current bid, bid count, category, close time, city/state, image, and lot URL. Search lots by keyword across all auctions, or pull every lot from specific auctions. Powered by MaxSold's public JSON API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/maxsold-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## MaxSold Estate Auction Scraper

Scrape lot-level data from [MaxSold](https://maxsold.com) — the estate-sale, downsizing, and moving online auction marketplace across the US and Canada.

Search lots by keyword across every active auction, pull all lots from specific auctions, or browse the entire catalog. Powered by MaxSold's public JSON API — fast, reliable, no HTML parsing.

### What you get (per lot)

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `lotId` | MaxSold lot ID |
| `auctionId` | Parent auction ID |
| `lotNumber` | Lot number within the auction |
| `title` | Lot title |
| `description` | Lot description |
| `category` | Lot category (when set) |
| `currentBid` | Current high bid |
| `bidCount` | Number of bids placed |
| `startingBid` | Opening bid |
| `minimumBid` | Next minimum bid |
| `quantity` | Quantity in the lot |
| `hasReserve` / `reserveMet` | Reserve status |
| `closeTime` / `closeTimeUnix` | Lot close time (display + unix) |
| `auctionTitle` | Parent auction title |
| `address` / `city` / `county` / `state` / `zip` | Pickup location |
| `imageUrl` / `thumbUrl` | Lot photo URLs |
| `lotUrl` | Direct link to the lot |
| `scrapedAt` | ISO timestamp of scrape |

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["furniture"],
  "auctionIds": [],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}
```

- **searchQueries** — keywords to search lots across all active auctions (e.g. `furniture`, `jewelry`, `tools`, `antique`). Each keyword is paginated separately.
- **auctionIds** — optional. Specific auction IDs (the number in a `maxsold.com/auction/<ID>/...` URL). Pulls every lot from each auction.
- Leave both empty to **browse all active auctions**.
- **maxResults** — cap on total lot records. `0` = fetch everything via pagination.
- **proxyConfiguration** — Apify datacenter proxy by default (the API is unprotected; proxy is a light safety net).

### Example uses

- Track live bids and bid counts on estate lots in your area.
- Monitor closing times for antiques, tools, jewelry, or collectibles.
- Build a dataset of estate-sale pricing and demand.

### Notes

- Results are billed per dataset item (pay-per-event). Empty/failed runs write a diagnostic to the key-value store and are not billed for dataset items.
- MaxSold auctions are time-limited; bids and close times reflect the moment of scraping.

This is an unofficial scraper and is not affiliated with MaxSold Inc.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search MaxSold lots across ALL active auctions, e.g. 'furniture', 'jewelry', 'tools', 'antique'. Each query is paginated separately. Leave empty (and no Auction IDs) to browse every active auction's lots.

## `auctionIds` (type: `array`):

Optional. Specific MaxSold auction IDs (the number in a maxsold.com/auction/<ID>/... URL). Pulls every lot from each listed auction.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lot records to return (across all queries/auctions). Use 0 to fetch ALL matching lots via pagination. Default 100.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. MaxSold's JSON API is unprotected, so Apify datacenter proxy is used by default as a light safety net.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "furniture"
  ],
  "auctionIds": [],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "furniture"
    ],
    "auctionIds": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/maxsold-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["furniture"],
    "auctionIds": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/maxsold-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "furniture"
  ],
  "auctionIds": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/maxsold-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/maxsold-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bfcael3BEumhaAugg/builds/vH3WzYE8wkHkTXnRA/openapi.json