Collecting Cars Scraper — Online Car Auctions

What data can you scrape from Collecting Cars?

Extract auction data from CollectingCars.com — the UK's leading online auction platform for enthusiast and collector cars.

• Two scraping modes — Active-only (fast, 15–30s per make) or full historical database (all models)
• Two search modes — Paste a URL from your browser or use built-in filters
• Real-time pricing — Enriched with live auction data (current bids, bid counts, sale format)
• Export anywhere — JSON, CSV, Excel, or via the Apify API and integrations

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Output: Collecting Cars data structure

Field	Label	Format
external_id	Auction ID	text
url	URL	link
marca	Make	text
modelo	Model	text
año	Year	number
precio	Price / Current bid	number
moneda	Currency	text
auction_status	Status	text
auction_end_date	Auction end	text
auction_bids	Bid count	number
sale_format	Sale format	text
descripcion	Description	text
img_url	Image	image
scraped_at	Scraped at	datetime

Example output (one record)

{
  "source": "collecting_cars",
  "external_id": "384521",
  "url": "https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1973-porsche-911-carrera-rs",
  "marca": "Porsche",
  "modelo": "911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring",
  "año": 1973,
  "precio": 185000,
  "moneda": "GBP",
  "auction_status": "live",
  "auction_end_date": "Ends 25 Jul 2026, 20:00 BST",
  "auction_bids": 42,
  "sale_format": "timed_auction",
  "descripcion": "1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring",
  "img_url": "https://images.collectingcars.com/384521/main.jpg",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-23T12:00:00Z"
}

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🚀 Quick start

1. Click Start with the default input to test with a small sample (~50 Ferrari listings, under 2 minutes).
2. Open the Output tab to preview results.
3. Export as CSV / Excel / JSON, or connect via API.

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How to scrape Collecting Cars — input options

Option 1: Paste a URL (easiest)

Copy any Collecting Cars make or model page URL from your browser and paste it in Start URLs. The scraper extracts all visible listing cards from each page.

Works with make and model pages:

• https://collectingcars.com/makes/porsche/5
• https://collectingcars.com/makes/ferrari/4

When you use URLs, the Make filter and Active-only toggle are skipped.

Option 2: Use filters

Field	Description	Default
Make filter	Comma-separated list of car makes. Leave empty for all ~142 makes.	Ferrari
Active listings only	ON: Only active + recently closed (fast). OFF: Full historical database (slow).	true
Max listings	Hard cap on listings. Set to 0 for unlimited.	50
Proxy	Residential proxies recommended for best results.	Apify auto
Min/Max delay	Pause between browser page loads for rate limiting.	0.5 / 1.5

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How much does it cost to scrape Collecting Cars?

This Actor uses Pay-Per-Event pricing — you pay only for results delivered, not for compute time.

Plan	What you get
Free tier	$5/month of platform credits — enough for hundreds of auction results
Paid plans	Scale to thousands of results per run

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Use cases

• Auction price tracking — Monitor hammer prices and bidding patterns for specific makes and models.
• Collector car valuation — Build datasets of auction results for investment analysis and price prediction.
• Market intelligence — Analyze which makes/models attract the most bids and highest prices.
• Dealer sourcing — Discover inventory and pricing trends across the collector car auction market.

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🔄 Integrations & scheduling

• Schedule daily/weekly runs from the Apify Console for automated data collection.
• Push results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, webhooks or any database.
• Fetch datasets via the Apify REST API or the official JavaScript/Python clients.

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Is it legal to scrape Collecting Cars?

This Actor collects only publicly available data. It does not log in, bypass paywalls, or access private information. You are responsible for using the extracted data in compliance with the site's Terms of Service and applicable data protection laws (including GDPR where relevant).

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❓ FAQ

Can I access the data via API? Yes. Every run stores its dataset on Apify. Fetch it via REST API or use the official JavaScript/Python clients.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, and HTML table. You can also push data directly to Google Sheets or any webhook endpoint.

Do I need proxies? Yes — residential proxies are recommended. The default proxy configuration is pre-set.

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