🏁 The Market Classic Car Auctions Scraper - Prices & Results

Extract every lot from The Market (themarket.co.uk, by Bonhams), the UK online classic car auction, with about 5,750 lots since 2016: sold results, live auctions, coming soon and sealed bids. For each lot you get the sold price, top bid, number of bids, next minimum bid, buy now price, currency, reserve status (no reserve, met, close, not close), year, make, model, tagline, plate, steering, location, country and auction start and end times. Turn on Lot details for chassis number, engine, gearbox, fuel, colours, mileage, estimates, buyer fees, seller type, specialist review, the full condition report (background, exterior, interior, mechanical, history, verdict), key facts, photo and watcher counts, video, main photos and the full bid history. Search with 15 filters, sort 7 ways, or paste lot, list, search and make links, and run it on a schedule to get only new lots.

🎯 Who uses it?

📈 Classic car valuation and price guide teams

Build price histories by make, model and year from every result on The Market, with top bids, reserve status, estimates and bid counts.

🚗 Dealers, traders and collectors

Watch live auctions and coming soon lots, see how bidding went on cars like yours, and find cars that sold after the auction.

🏦 Insurers, lenders and appraisers

Back agreed values with real sale prices, chassis numbers, mileage and detailed condition reports.

📊 Market analysts and journalists

Track demand by make and era: bids per lot, watchers, no reserve share and prices across GBP, EUR, USD and CHF sales.

✨ What it does

• The whole site. About 5,700 past results, plus every live, coming soon and sealed bids lot. Every lot comes once.
• 15 filters. Status, search words, make, model, model year range, price range, currency, car location, steering, no reserve only, minimum bids and auction end date range.
• 7 sorts. End date (latest or oldest first), price high or low, model year new or old, most bids.
• Lot details (add-on). Each lot page is read for chassis, engine, mileage, estimates, the full condition report, key facts, video, photos, watchers and every bid with its time.
• Or paste links. Lot pages, the site's lists (results, live, coming soon, sealed, no reserve), searches and make pages like /auctions/porsche. Filters are not used with links.
• Monitoring: run it on a schedule with Only new lots, and each run saves only the lots you haven't received yet.

🏆 Why this scraper

• Clean, flat, typed data. Prices, years, bids and mileage are numbers, dates are ISO (UTC), yes/no fields are true or false. 60 fields, one row per lot.
• Fast. The whole archive (about 5,750 lots) in about a minute, 1,000 lots with lot details in under a minute.
• Bid history without bidders. Every bid amount and time, never who placed it.
• Nothing to set up. No proxy, no login.

⚖️ How it compares

	This Actor	rastriq/themarket-scraper	getascraper/themarket-scraper
Filters	15 (status, search, make, model, year, price, currency, country, steering, no reserve, bids, end date)	2 (make, year)	10
Full condition report sections	✅ 7 sections	❌	✅
Bid history (amounts and times)	✅	❌	✅
Seller type, watchers, photo count	✅	❌	✅
Sold after auction, price hidden flags	✅	❌	Sold after auction only
Links (lots, lists, searches, make pages)	✅	❌	✅
Only new lots (monitoring)	✅	❌	✅
Proxy needed	No	Optional	No

Compared on their public input and output (October 2026).

📦 What data you get

Field	Description
imageUrl	Main photo in full size.
title	Lot title, like "1958 Morris Minor 1000".
year, make, model	Model year, make and model.
tagline	Short headline of the lot, like "Multiple Upgrades - Immaculate".
status	Sold, Not sold, Live, Coming soon or Withdrawn.
price, highestBid, bidCount, nextMinimumBid, buyNowPrice, currency	Sold price (sold lots), top bid, number of bids, next minimum bid (live lots), buy now price and currency code.
reserveStatus	No reserve, Reserve met, Reserve close or Reserve not close.
saleType	Online auction or Sealed bids.
lotNumber, registration	Lot number and registration plate.
steering	RHD or LHD.
location, country, countryCode	Where the car is: place, country and country code.
lotId	The Market lot ID.
chassisNumber, engine, gearbox, fuelType	(Lot details) Chassis number (VIN), engine, gearbox and fuel.
exteriorColour, interiorTrim	(Lot details) Exterior colour and interior trim.
mileage, mileageUnit, registrationCountry	(Lot details) Mileage, its unit (mi or km), and the country the car is registered in.
estimateLow, estimateHigh	(Lot details) Low and high estimate (when the site shows them).
summary, specialistQuote, specialist	(Lot details) Seller summary, specialist review and the specialist name.
background, aboutTheCar, exteriorReport, interiorReport, mechanicalReport, historyReport, verdict	(Lot details) Full write-up: background of the model, about the car, exterior, interior, mechanical (underneath), history and the verdict.
sellerType	(Lot details) Private or Trade seller.
photoCount, watchCount	(Lot details) Number of photos in the full gallery and number of people watching the lot.
withoutReserve, reserveLowered	Offered without reserve, reserve lowered during the auction.
priceHidden	Sold, but the site hides the price.
soldAfterAuction	Sold after the bidding ended (the price is above the top bid).
mileageIndicated	(Lot details) The mileage is only what the odometer shows (not verified).
buyerPaysFees	(Lot details) The buyer pays fees on top of the price.
url	Link to the lot.
videoUrl	(Lot details) Video of the car.
keyFacts	(Lot details) Key facts, like "Fresh MoT" or "No Buyer's Fees".
galleryImages	(Lot details) The main photos of the lot in full size (up to 7).
bidHistory	(Lot details) Every bid: amount, time and whether it was the winning bid. No bidder names.
auctionStart, auctionEnd	When bidding opens and ends (UTC).
scrapedAt	When this row was saved.
error	Only present when a row failed. The fields that loaded are still there.

Fields marked Lot details only appear when that add-on is on.

Example row (trimmed)

{
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.themarket.co.uk/26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc/21e96a24-3431-4658-a745-8de1fd335215.jpg",
  "title": "1969 Jaguar E Type S2 OTS",
  "year": 1969,
  "make": "Jaguar",
  "model": "E Type S2 OTS",
  "tagline": "A sharp looking example, with lots of history.",
  "status": "Sold",
  "price": 42000,
  "highestBid": 40250,
  "bidCount": 17,
  "buyNowPrice": 45000,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "reserveStatus": "Reserve close",
  "saleType": "Online auction",
  "lotNumber": 5216,
  "registration": "OBV 592H",
  "steering": "RHD",
  "location": "THE MARKET HQ",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "countryCode": "GB",
  "lotId": "26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc",
  "chassisNumber": "P1R11645",
  "engine": "4200cc",
  "gearbox": "manual",
  "fuelType": "Petrol",
  "exteriorColour": "Red",
  "interiorTrim": "Black Leather",
  "mileage": 85401,
  "mileageUnit": "mi",
  "registrationCountry": "GB",
  "estimateLow": 45000,
  "estimateHigh": 50000,
  "summary": "Great colours & great spec.",
  "specialistQuote": "Originally Dispatched to British Leyland Motors New York.",
  "specialist": "Paul Hegarty",
  "background": "Invariably in everyone’s top three of the best-looking cars ever made (and for Enzo Ferrari it famously took the number one spot), the Jaguar E Type boasts inch-perfect lines, ...",
  "aboutTheCar": "Eagle-eyed observers among you will have spotted that we’re describing this car as a ‘Roadster’, which is what the drop-top was called in the USA, rather than an OTS - or Open ...",
  "exteriorReport": "The car presents pretty well from a few metres away and the panel gaps and shut-lines are decent but, as you get closer, you’ll notice the odd dink and dimple here, and a few ...",
  "interiorReport": "The restoration of the interior is a very recent piece of work, which explains why it looks rather fresher than its exterior counterpart.\n\nThe new black leather upholstery has an ...",
  "mechanicalReport": "The engine bay is tidy and orderly, although we did notice a few drops of oil under the car, so maybe we can’t quite add clean and dry to the list of preferred adjectives. ...",
  "historyReport": "The car comes with a Jaguar Heritage Trust certificate, and all manner of bills, invoices and receipts attesting to both recent work and work carried out over previous decades. ...",
  "verdict": "Well, it may not have started out in life with the most desirable configuration – which is, of course, RHD, manual, OTS – but that’s how it is today and that should suit most ...",
  "sellerType": "Trade",
  "photoCount": 344,
  "watchCount": 95,
  "withoutReserve": false,
  "reserveLowered": false,
  "priceHidden": false,
  "soldAfterAuction": true,
  "mileageIndicated": false,
  "buyerPaysFees": false,
  "url": "https://www.themarket.co.uk/listings/jaguar/e-type-s2-ots/26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc",
  "videoUrl": "https://customer-39e8nqp1sorqt8hx.cloudflarestream.com/0fb97d3df7e545920d5d2cd4a3c1c4c0/iframe?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer-39e8nqp1sorqt8hx.cloudflarestream.com%2F0fb97d3df7e5459 ...",
  "keyFacts": ["No Buyer's Fees", "Imported in '88", "Large History of Original Invoices"],
  "galleryImages": [
    "https://cdn.themarket.co.uk/26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc/21e96a24-3431-4658-a745-8de1fd335215.jpg",
    "https://cdn.themarket.co.uk/26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc/1969-jaguar-e-type-s2-ots-s5lg5.jpg",
    "https://cdn.themarket.co.uk/26eec814-cc9d-44ba-be3b-0b825f080edc/1969-jaguar-e-type-s2-ots-6if7n.jpg"
  ],
  "bidHistory": [{ "amount": 40250, "time": "2026-09-07T10:40:05.000Z", "winning": true }],
  "auctionStart": "2026-08-31T08:00:00.000Z",
  "auctionEnd": "2026-09-21T09:24:54.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T19:39:48.795Z"
}

💡 Use cases

Every Porsche 911 sold, highest price first:

{
  "statuses": ["sold"],
  "makes": ["Porsche"],
  "models": ["911"],
  "sortBy": "priceDesc"
}

Live auctions right now, with the full condition report and bids:

{
  "statuses": ["live"],
  "includeDetails": true
}

Land Rovers from 1970 to 1990 sold for 20,000 to 60,000 GBP in 2025:

{
  "statuses": ["sold"],
  "makes": ["Land Rover"],
  "yearFrom": 1970,
  "yearTo": 1990,
  "minPrice": 20000,
  "maxPrice": 60000,
  "currencies": ["GBP"],
  "endDateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "endDateTo": "2025-12-31"
}

Left-hand drive cars in the Netherlands, no reserve, with at least 30 bids:

{
  "lotCountries": ["NL"],
  "steering": "LHD",
  "withoutReserveOnly": true,
  "minBids": 30
}

Search words, most bids first:

{
  "searchTerms": ["Mini Cooper", "E Type"],
  "sortBy": "mostBids"
}

New lots every day (schedule this run):

{
  "statuses": ["comingSoon", "live"],
  "onlyNew": true,
  "monitorName": "themarket-daily"
}

Links (filters are not used):

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.themarket.co.uk/listings/morris/minor-1000/31560f21-0ce7-41dd-8b1d-c197e38d52a4" },
    { "url": "https://www.themarket.co.uk/auctions/live" },
    { "url": "https://www.themarket.co.uk/auctions/search-results?keywords=defender" },
    { "url": "https://www.themarket.co.uk/auctions/porsche" }
  ]
}

⚙️ How the input is organised

Section	What it's for
Maximum results	Always first, caps the whole run. Empty means no limit.
What to scrape	Status, search words, sort by and lot details (chassis, engine, mileage, estimates, condition reports, bid history).
Filters	Makes, models, model year from, model year to, minimum price, maximum price, currencies, car located in, steering, only without reserve, minimum bids, auction end from and auction end to.
Monitoring	Only new lots and monitor name.
Links	Links instead of the fields above. Filters are ignored with links.

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event: a one-time $0.003 when the run starts, plus a price per lot saved to your dataset. Lot details is an add-on, charged per lot only when you turn it on. The price depends on your Apify plan tier:

Plan	Per lot	Lot details	Per 1,000 lots	With lot details
Free	$0.014	+$0.006	$14	$20
Bronze	$0.012	+$0.005	$12	$17
Silver	$0.011	+$0.004	$11	$15
Gold	$0.010	+$0.003	$10	$13

Lots left out by filters are free. New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit. On the Free plan, a run saves up to 10 lots.

🚀 Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open The Market Classic Car Auctions Scraper.
3. Pick a status, search words or filters (or keep it empty for every lot), then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML from the Dataset tab.

🤖 Use with AI agents (MCP)

Connect the Apify MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask in plain words, for example: "Get every Jaguar E Type sold on The Market, with price, bids and mileage". The agent runs this Actor and reads the results.

🔧 Troubleshooting

• The log shows more lots than were saved. The count in the log is the site's. Every filter is checked by the Actor, so fewer lots are kept.
• Prices are in different currencies. Each lot is in its sale's currency (currency): GBP, EUR, USD or CHF. The price filter and price sort use the number as it is, without converting.
• Price means sold price or top bid. price is only for sold lots. The price filter and sort use it, else the top bid (highestBid) for live and not sold lots.
• A sold lot has no price. The seller asked to hide it: priceHidden is true, and the top bid and bid history are left empty too.
• Some fields are empty. Older lots (2016 to 2021) often have no estimates, summary, specialist or start time. Coming soon lots have no bids yet. Sealed bids lots have no bid count. Mileage without a unit on the site has no mileageUnit.
• Only up to 7 photos. galleryImages holds the lot's main photos. The full gallery (often 300+) is loaded by the site's app only, so photoCount gives its size.

❓ FAQ

How many lots are there? About 5,750 as of October 2026: about 5,720 sold or not sold results, plus live, coming soon and sealed bids lots.

Can I pick several makes or search words? Yes. Any lot matching one of the values is kept, and duplicates are removed. "Mercedes" also finds Mercedes-Benz.

What does soldAfterAuction mean? The bidding ended below the reserve, but the car was sold afterwards. price is that later price, highestBid the top bid in the auction.

Do I need a proxy? No.

🛡️ Limits & responsible use

This Actor collects auction lots that The Market publishes on its website and keeps a moderate pace. It does not collect bidder, buyer or seller personal data: bid history has amounts and times only, and the specialist is only named. Use the data in line with The Market's terms and the law where you work.

📧 Contact

Questions, bugs or a field you need: norm.data.scrapers@gmail.com

🧪 Local development

bun install
bun scripts/gen-schemas.mjs
sh test/run.sh first '{"maxItems":10,"searchTerms":["Porsche"]}'