# Car & Classic Auctions Scraper (`mai_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-scraper`) Actor
Scrape live and sold vehicle auctions from Car & Classic. Extract bids, sold prices, reserve status, mileage, specs, locations, images, and auction URLs for classic cars and motorcycles.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/mai\_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [wiseld\_squid](https://apify.com/mai_amm) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
from $1.00 / 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?
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?
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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
```
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```bash
pip install apify-client
```
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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.
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# README
## Car & Classic Auctions Scraper
Scrape live and sold vehicle auctions from Car & Classic. Extract bids, sold prices, reserve status, mileage, specs, locations, images, and auction URLs for classic cars and motorcycles.
### What It Does
This Apify Actor crawls publicly visible auction pages on `carandclassic.com` and saves one JSON row per unique auction to the default Apify Dataset.
It supports:
- Live auctions
- Sold auction results
- Auctions starting soon
- Filtered auction pages
- Direct auction detail URLs
- Cars and motorcycles
### Supported URLs
Examples:
```text
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/results
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/starting-soon
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/motorcycles
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/no-reserve
https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1960-rover-p5-3l-mk1-8eeRR8
````
### Input Example
```json
{
"accessMode": "full",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions"
}
],
"maxResults": 100,
"includeDetails": true,
"includeImages": true,
"includeDescription": true,
"maxConcurrency": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}
```
### Preview and Full Modes
- `accessMode: "preview"` saves a free sample capped at 20 auctions per run.
- `accessMode: "full"` can save more than 20 auctions only when the Apify runtime confirms the runner is a paid-plan user.
- If `full` is requested by a runner that is not confirmed as paid, the Actor automatically falls back to preview mode and caps output at 20 auctions.
- `maxResults` can be set above 20 for full paid runs. In preview mode, any higher value is capped automatically.
### Output Example
```json
{
"source": "carandclassic.com",
"scrapedAt": "2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z",
"auctionUrl": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1960-rover-p5-3l-mk1-8eeRR8",
"auctionId": "75233",
"title": "1960 Rover P5 3L Mk1",
"vehicleType": "car",
"priceAmount": 7000,
"priceCurrency": "GBP",
"priceType": "current_bid",
"auction": {
"stage": "live",
"currentBidAmount": 7000,
"soldPriceAmount": null,
"currencyCode": "GBP",
"bidCount": 3,
"reserveStatus": "no-reserve",
"timeRemainingText": null,
"endsAt": "2026-06-01T18:45:00+00:00"
},
"vehicle": {
"year": 1960,
"make": "Rover",
"model": "P5",
"engineText": "3000cc",
"fuelType": "Petrol",
"transmission": "Manual, 4 speed",
"mileageValue": 79575,
"mileageUnit": "miles",
"driveSide": "Right Hand Drive"
},
"location": "International, South Africa",
"description": "Highlights ...",
"specifications": [
{
"label": "year",
"value": "1960"
}
],
"images": [
"https://assets.carandclassic.com/uploads/new/29697402/example.jpeg"
],
"raw": {
"warnings": []
}
}
```
### Extracted Fields
- Auction URL and ID
- Title and vehicle type
- Auction stage
- Top-level price amount, currency, and price type
- Nested current bid or sold price
- Bid count
- Reserve status
- Auction end timestamp
- Year, make, model
- Engine, fuel, transmission, mileage, drive side
- Location
- Description
- Specifications
- Images
- Parser warnings
### Usage
Run locally:
```bash
npm install
npm run build
apify run
```
Run parser tests:
```bash
npm test
```
Run a small cloud test input:
```json
{
"accessMode": "preview",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions"
}
],
"maxResults": 5,
"includeDetails": true
}
```
Expected cloud-test checks:
- Exactly 5 dataset rows
- No duplicate `auctionUrl` values
- Data is saved with `Actor.pushData(row)`
- Default dataset is used
- JSON and CSV exports are available from the default dataset
- No named dataset is opened
### Known Limitations
- The scraper uses public HTML and embedded Inertia JSON. If Car & Classic changes page payloads or selectors, parser updates may be required.
- `timeRemainingText` is rendered dynamically and is not always present in the embedded JSON, so it may be `null`.
- `endsAt` is extracted when a timestamp is available.
- Some motorcycle fields such as drive side can be unavailable and are returned as `null`.
- Respect Car & Classic terms, robots rules, and applicable laws before running automated collection.
### Inspection Summary
The inspected list and detail pages returned server-rendered HTML with an embedded Inertia JSON payload:
```html
```
List pages expose `props.searchResults.data[]`; detail pages expose `props.listing` and `props.biddingData`. CheerioCrawler is sufficient for the MVP. Pagination uses ordinary `?page=N` links. No CAPTCHA or hard blocking was observed during the small inspection.
# Actor input Schema
## `accessMode` (type: `string`):
Choose Preview for a free sample capped at 20 auctions. Choose Full for paid results with higher limits.
## `startUrls` (type: `array`):
List, filtered list, results, starting-soon, or direct auction-detail URLs.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of unique auctions to save. Preview mode is capped at 20 auctions automatically. Full mode can collect more for paid-plan users.
## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):
Visit detail pages to extract description, full specs, and richer images.
## `includeImages` (type: `boolean`):
Include image URLs in each dataset row.
## `includeDescription` (type: `boolean`):
Include the public auction description from detail pages.
## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):
Maximum number of pages to crawl concurrently.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Apify proxy configuration.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"accessMode": "full",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions"
}
],
"maxResults": 100,
"includeDetails": true,
"includeImages": true,
"includeDescription": true,
"maxConcurrency": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `auctions` (type: `string`):
Main dataset view with one row per unique auction, including vehicle metadata, bidding status, price, location, source URL, images, and parser warnings.
## `dataset` (type: `string`):
Raw default dataset items in JSON format.
# 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 = {
"accessMode": "full",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions"
}
],
"maxResults": 100
};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mai_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-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 = {
"accessMode": "full",
"startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions" }],
"maxResults": 100,
}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mai_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-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 '{
"accessMode": "full",
"startUrls": [
{
"url": "https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions"
}
],
"maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call mai_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-scraper --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mai_amm/car-and-classic-auctions-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
{
"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Car & Classic Auctions Scraper",
"description": "Scrape live and sold vehicle auctions from Car & Classic. Extract bids, sold prices, reserve status, mileage, specs, locations, images, and auction URLs for classic cars and motorcycles.",
"version": "0.1",
"x-build-id": "WJnUude7reZFsTfGF"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/mai_amm~car-and-classic-auctions-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mai_amm-car-and-classic-auctions-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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
"/acts/mai_amm~car-and-classic-auctions-scraper/runs": {
"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-mai_amm-car-and-classic-auctions-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/acts/mai_amm~car-and-classic-auctions-scraper/run-sync": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-mai_amm-car-and-classic-auctions-scraper",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$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": [
"startUrls"
],
"properties": {
"accessMode": {
"title": "Result type",
"enum": [
"preview",
"full"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Choose Preview for a free sample capped at 20 auctions. Choose Full for paid results with higher limits.",
"default": "full"
},
"startUrls": {
"title": "Start URLs",
"type": "array",
"description": "List, filtered list, results, starting-soon, or direct auction-detail URLs.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"url"
],
"properties": {
"url": {
"title": "URL",
"description": "Car & Classic auction list, filtered list, results, starting-soon, or direct auction detail URL.",
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"maxResults": {
"title": "Maximum results",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of unique auctions to save. Preview mode is capped at 20 auctions automatically. Full mode can collect more for paid-plan users.",
"default": 100
},
"includeDetails": {
"title": "Include details",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Visit detail pages to extract description, full specs, and richer images.",
"default": true
},
"includeImages": {
"title": "Include images",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Include image URLs in each dataset row.",
"default": true
},
"includeDescription": {
"title": "Include description",
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Include the public auction description from detail pages.",
"default": true
},
"maxConcurrency": {
"title": "Max concurrency",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 20,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Maximum number of pages to crawl concurrently.",
"default": 5
},
"proxyConfiguration": {
"title": "Proxy configuration",
"type": "object",
"description": "Apify proxy configuration.",
"default": {
"useApifyProxy": false
}
}
}
},
"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
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```