John Pye Auctions Scraper

What does John Pye Auctions Scraper do?

John Pye Auctions Scraper extracts online auction lots from John Pye Auctions — one of the UK's largest auction houses for furniture, home décor, white goods, vehicles, and surplus stock. Paste a browse or home URL, an event catalogue URL, or a single lot URL and export clean, structured lot data — current bids, minimum bids, remaining time, images, and saleroom locations — without writing any code.

Run it on the Apify platform to schedule recurring scrapes, monitor live UK auctions, and export results via API to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

What can this Actor do?

• Scrape active auction lots from browse pages and the John Pye homepage
• Scrape all lots in an auction event from a single event catalogue URL (with pagination)
• Scrape individual lot pages for targeted monitoring
• Extract current price, minimum bid, remaining time, and buyer's premium
• Capture event title, saleroom location, description, and lot images
• Limit results per start URL with maxItems for fast, cheap test runs
• Handle Cloudflare protection using Camoufox with UK residential proxy (enabled by default)

Why scrape John Pye Auctions?

• Price research & comps — Track current and minimum bids across UK online auctions
• Deal sourcing — Monitor furniture, bikes, white goods, and surplus lots as they go live
• Market intelligence — Analyse bidding activity and inventory by event or saleroom
• Inventory alerts — Watch events or categories for new lots
• Apify platform — Schedule recurring runs and export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or webhooks

What data can you extract from John Pye Auctions?

Field	Description
lotId	Unique lot identifier
lotNumber	Catalogue lot number (e.g. 1)
title	Lot title
url	Public lot URL
currentBid	Current / last bid amount
minimumBid	Minimum next bid
currency	Currency code (GBP)
remainingTime	Time left to bid (as shown on the site)
description	Lot description
eventId / eventTitle / eventUrl	Parent auction event
location	Saleroom / collection address
images	Lot image URLs
buyersPremiumText	Buyer's premium note (e.g. 25% Buyers Premium)
searchUrl	Source start URL

How to use John Pye Auctions Scraper

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console.
2. Add one or more John Pye Auctions URLs under Start URLs (home/browse, event, or lot).
3. Set Maximum items (lots per start URL).
4. Keep UK residential proxy enabled — the site uses Cloudflare Turnstile.
5. Run the Actor and download results from the Dataset tab.

Supported URL patterns

• Home / browse: https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/, /?ViewFilter=Current, /Browse/C160536/FURNITURE-HOME-DECOR
• Event catalogue: https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/Details/{eventId}/{slug}
• Lot detail: https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/{lotId}/{slug}

Input

John Pye Auctions Scraper accepts Start URLs, maxItems (per start URL), and proxy configuration (default: Apify residential proxy in the UK).

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/Details/538754581/Nottingham-SR4-540-Bicycle-Parts-White-Goods-Baby-Items"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "GB"
  }
}

Output example

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

{
  "lotId": "550009400",
  "lotNumber": "1",
  "title": "ALPKIT LOOKOUT ROOF TENT TAN24 SEALED ORIGINAL RRP 1299",
  "url": "https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/LotDetails/550009400/ALPKIT-LOOKOUT-ROOF-TENT-TAN24-SEALED-ORIGINAL-RRP-1299",
  "currentBid": 330,
  "minimumBid": 340,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "remainingTime": "7 Hours, 6 Minutes",
  "description": "Alpkit Lookout roof tent...",
  "eventId": "538754581",
  "eventTitle": "Nottingham SR4 540 Bicycle Parts White Goods Baby Items",
  "eventUrl": "https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/Details/538754581/Nottingham-SR4-540-Bicycle-Parts-White-Goods-Baby-Items",
  "location": "Nottingham",
  "images": [
    "https://lotimages.co.uk/538754581/1_1_fullsize.jpg"
  ],
  "buyersPremiumText": "25% Buyers Premium",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.johnpyeauctions.co.uk/Event/Details/538754581/Nottingham-SR4-540-Bicycle-Parts-White-Goods-Baby-Items"
}

How much does it cost to scrape John Pye Auctions?

This Actor uses pay-per-event + platform usage pricing. You pay compute/proxy usage separately, plus a maintenance fee per lot:

Event	Free plan	Gold / Platinum / Diamond
Actor start	$0.00005	$0.00005
Lot scraped (maintenance)	$0.49 / 1,000	$0.33 / 1,000

UK residential proxy is required to pass Cloudflare Turnstile (Camoufox stealth Firefox). Keep maxItems at 3–5 for quick tests; full event catalogues cost more because of browser + proxy usage.

Tips and advanced options

• Start from an event catalogue URL when you want every lot in one auction.
• Use browse / category URLs to discover live events, then follow lots automatically.
• Keep GB residential proxy enabled — datacenter IPs are blocked by Cloudflare.
• Set maxItems to 3–5 for quick verification runs under a few minutes.

Is it legal to scrape John Pye Auctions?

Web scraping public auction listings is generally legal when you respect the website's terms and applicable laws. Do not collect personal data unless you have a lawful basis. Use this Actor responsibly and review John Pye Auctions' terms of use.

Need more help?

• Apify documentation
• Crawlee documentation

Image Credit

Image credit: johnpyeauctions.co.uk