Christie's Auction & Private Sale Scraper

Christie's Auction & Private Sale Scraper

Extract structured data from Christie's auctions and private sales. Collect auction lot details, artwork information, price estimates, current bids, sale dates, images, descriptions, and private sale listings in machine-readable JSON.

The Christie's Scraper is designed for art market research, auction price analysis, collectible research, competitor monitoring, and automated data collection from one of the world's leading auction houses.

Whether you're researching fine art, sculptures, prints, collectibles, or luxury objects, this scraper helps you turn Christie's listing data into structured datasets for analysis and automation.

Features

🖼️ Auction Lot Scraping – Extract structured information about artworks, collectibles, and other items listed in Christie's auctions.

🏛️ Private Sales Scraping – Collect available information about items offered through Christie's private sales.

💰 Price Estimates – Retrieve low and high estimates, displayed estimate ranges, and estimate availability when provided.

🔨 Bidding Information – Extract current bids, next bid amounts, bidding status, bid availability, and other auction-related fields when available.

📅 Auction Dates & Status – Collect sale start dates, end dates, registration deadlines, and lot status information.

🏷️ Artwork & Lot Details – Capture lot numbers, item IDs, titles, artist names, descriptions, and other available metadata.

🖼️ Image Extraction – Retrieve artwork image URLs and available image variants for further analysis or cataloging.

🔗 Listing URLs – Extract item URLs to help you identify and revisit individual auction lots and private sale listings.

💎 Realized Price Data – Capture realized prices when provided in the listing data.

📊 Structured JSON Output – Export machine-readable records for research, analytics, databases, and automated workflows.

⚙️ Apify Integration – Run the scraper on Apify and use datasets, APIs, scheduled runs, and other supported platform features.

Use Cases

🎨 Art Market Research

Collect artwork and auction listing data to study artists, art categories, estimates, and market activity across Christie's sales.

💰 Auction Price Analysis

Build datasets of auction estimates, current bids, and realized prices where available. Analyze pricing patterns and compare estimates across lots and sales.

🏛️ Art & Collectibles Cataloging

Create structured catalogs of artworks, sculptures, prints, collectibles, and luxury objects with titles, descriptions, images, and item identifiers.

📈 Investment & Market Trend Research

Research historical and current auction listing data to identify trends in artist popularity, estimated valuations, and auction activity. Listing estimates and current bids should not be treated as final market valuations.

🔍 Competitor & Auction Monitoring

Monitor available auction listings, upcoming sale dates, item availability, and price estimates for market intelligence and research.

🛍️ Luxury Goods Research

Analyze auction and private sale listings involving luxury objects, collectibles, and other high-value items.

🖼️ Artist & Artwork Research

Collect artist names, artwork titles, descriptions, images, and auction metadata to support art market databases and research projects.

🤖 Automated Data Collection

Integrate scraped data into databases, spreadsheets, business intelligence tools, and data pipelines using Apify datasets and APIs.

OUTPUT

Auctions

{
  "StartDateUnixTime": null,
  "EndDateUnixTime": null,
  "lot_number": "65",
  "end_date_unformatted": "0001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
  "start_date_unformatted": "0001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
  "is_age_check_required": false,
  "online_only_dynamic_lot_data": {
    "item_id": 325422,
    "next_bid": 5000.0,
    "current_user_max_bid_amount": 0.0,
    "next_bid_text": "Place starting bid: USD 5,000",
    "next_bid_disabled": false,
    "item_status": "Open"
  },
  "online_only_static_lot_data": {
    "item_id": 325422,
    "lot_id": 325132,
    "is_live_auction_lot": false,
    "header_price": "Estimate: USD 5,000 - 7,000",
    "christies_unique_identifier": "25051.65"
  },
  "is_open_for_bidding": true,
  "analytics_id": "25051.65",
  "object_id": "325422",
  "lot_id_txt": "65",
  "event_type": "OnlineSale",
  "primary_media": null,
  "status": null,
  "start_date": "2026-09-24T14:00:00.000Z",
  "end_date": "2026-10-22T15:04:00.000Z",
  "registration_closing_date": "2026-10-22T15:04:00.000Z",
  "countdown_start_date": "2026-09-24T14:00:00.000Z",
  "url": "/s/graphic-alchemist-works-estate-frank-stella/frank-stella-1936-2024-65/325422?ldp_breadcrumb=back",
  "title_primary_txt": "FRANK STELLA (1936-2024)",
  "title_secondary_txt": "No Smoking (Large)",
  "title_tertiary_txt": null,
  "consigner_information": "",
  "description_txt": "FRANK STELLA (1936-2024)<br>No Smoking (Large)<br>enamel on steel sign, 1998, from the edition of unknown size, published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with the artist's and publisher's printed copyright line, in very good condition<br>Overall: 28<sup>7</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> x 23<sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> x <sup>5</sup>⁄<sub>8</sub> in. (733 x 603 x 16 mm.)<br>",
  "image": {
    "image_src": "https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2026/NYR/2026_NYR_25051_0065_000(frank_stella_no_smoking095114).jpg?mode=max",
    "image_mobile_src": "https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2026/NYR/2026_NYR_25051_0065_000(frank_stella_no_smoking095114).jpg?mode=max",
    "image_tablet_src": "https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2026/NYR/2026_NYR_25051_0065_000(frank_stella_no_smoking095114).jpg?mode=max",
    "image_desktop_src": "https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2026/NYR/2026_NYR_25051_0065_000(frank_stella_no_smoking095114).jpg?mode=max",
    "image_alt_text": "FRANK STELLA (1936-2024)",
    "image_url": "https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2026/NYR/2026_NYR_25051_0065_000(frank_stella_no_smoking095114).jpg?mode=max"
  },
  "is_estimate_unknown": null,
  "lot_estimate_txt": null,
  "is_unsold": null,
  "estimate_visible": true,
  "estimate_on_request": false,
  "price_on_request": false,
  "estimate_low": "5000.00",
  "estimate_high": "7000.00",
  "estimate_txt": "USD 5,000 - 7,000",
  "price_realised": null,
  "price_realised_txt": "",
  "current_bid": "5000.00",
  "current_bid_txt": "USD 5,000",
  "is_saved": false,
  "show_save": true,
  "is_follow_enabled": true,
  "bid_details_tooltip_txt": null,
  "aria_open_bid_details_tooltip_txt": null,
  "lot_assets": null,
  "has_no_bids": true,
  "bid_count_txt": "",
  "extended": false,
  "server_time": "2026-10-11T12:02:42.431Z",
  "total_seconds_remaining": 961278,
  "sale": {
    "time_zone": "TIMEZONE",
    "date_txt": "DATETEXT",
    "start_date": "2026-09-24T14:00:00.000Z",
    "sale_start_date_time": null,
    "sale_end_date_time": null,
    "end_date": "2026-10-22T14:00:00.000Z",
    "time_zone_start_date": null,
    "time_zone_end_date": null,
    "registration_close_date": null,
    "is_auction_over": null,
    "is_in_progress": true,
    "server_time": null,
    "id": null,
    "number": null,
    "location": null,
    "type": null
  },
  "lot_withdrawn": false,
  "bid_status": {
    "txt": "",
    "status": ""
  },
  "item_type": null,
  "trending_type": null,
  "seconds_until_bidding": -1461762,
  "show_timer": true,
  "show_lot_number": null,
  "lot_primary_action": null,
  "show_geo_restriction_action": null,
  "bid_button_action": {
    "aria_button_txt": "Bid",
    "show": true,
    "is_enabled": true,
    "button_txt": "Bid",
    "action_event_name": "auction-signin",
    "action_display": "online-modal",
    "action_type": "id",
    "action_value": "online-login",
    "analytics_id": null,
    "analytics": null
  }
}

Private sales

{
  "object_id": "SN00699054-001",
  "lot_id_txt": null,
  "event_type": "PrivateSale",
  "start_date": null,
  "end_date": null,
  "url": "https://www.christies.com/en/private-sales/privateitems/Mouton-Transhumant-SN00699054-001",
  "title_primary_txt": "FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)",
  "title_secondary_txt": "Mouton Transhumant",
  "title_tertiary_txt": null,
  "consigner_information": null,
  "description_txt": null,
  "image": {
    "image_src": "https://apim.christies.com/private-sales-images/v1/SN00699054_001_1/SN00699054_001_1_001.jpg",
    "image_mobile_src": "https://apim.christies.com/private-sales-images/v1/SN00699054_001_1/SN00699054_001_1_001.jpg",
    "image_tablet_src": "https://apim.christies.com/private-sales-images/v1/SN00699054_001_1/SN00699054_001_1_001.jpg",
    "image_desktop_src": "https://apim.christies.com/private-sales-images/v1/SN00699054_001_1/SN00699054_001_1_001.jpg",
    "image_alt_text": "FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE (1927-2008)"
  },
  "estimate_visible": false,
  "estimate_on_request": false,
  "is_estimate_unknown": false,
  "price_on_request": true,
  "estimate_low": null,
  "estimate_high": null,
  "estimate_txt": null,
  "lot_withdrawn": false,
  "price_realised": null,
  "price_realised_txt": null,
  "current_bid": null,
  "current_bid_txt": null,
  "is_saved": false,
  "show_save": true,
  "lot_primary_action": {
    "show": true,
    "is_enabled": true,
    "button_txt": "Request Price",
    "action_value": "enquiry-form",
    "action_type": "enquiry",
    "action_display": "drawer",
    "action_event_name": "lot event",
    "analytics": {
      "type": "enquire",
      "location": "private sales:category:lot card"
    }
  }
}

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