# Watch Collecting & Collecting Cars Scraper — Sold Prices, Bids (`yugenox/watchcollecting-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Collecting.com (formerly Watch Collecting) and Collecting Cars auctions: sold prices back to 2021, live bids, coming-soon lots, brand, reference, year, box & papers, bids, reserve, end/sold dates and prices in GBP/USD/EUR. Filter by brand, seller type, price, date. No login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yugenox/watchcollecting-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Yugenox Corp](https://apify.com/yugenox) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 lots

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# README

## Watch Collecting & Collecting Cars Scraper: sold prices and live bids

Scrape the auctions of **Collecting.com** (formerly **Watch Collecting**) and its sister site **Collecting Cars**. Get **sold results with the hammer price** going back to 2021, **live auctions with the current bid and end time**, and **coming-soon lots**. Every lot comes with the **brand, title, year, reference number, box and papers, number of bids, reserve status, seller type, location, currency, and the price converted to GBP, USD and EUR**. Car lots add the model, mileage, transmission, fuel and drive side. Filter by brand, seller type, price, country, year, no-reserve and sold date. No login, no cookies, no account.

### What you get

| | |
|---|---|
| **Lot** | Title, brand, model, year, lot type (watch, car, number plate, part, bike), lot URL, main image |
| **Watch details** | Reference number, box, papers, age |
| **Car details** | Mileage, transmission, fuel type, drive side, model year |
| **Price** | Current bid, sold price, Buy It Now price, the lot currency, and the site's GBP / USD / EUR conversion |
| **Auction** | Live / coming soon / sold, number of bids, no-reserve, reserve met, reserve lowered, accepts offers |
| **Dates** | Auction end time, sold time, listing date (UTC) |
| **Where** | Town or city, country, region, seller type (private, trade or managed by Collecting) |

### How to use it

1. Pick the **Site**: watches (Collecting.com), cars (Collecting Cars) or both.
2. Pick the **Lots**: for sale now, live auctions, coming soon, **sold results**, or all.
3. Optionally add **Search terms** such as `rolex submariner`, `patek nautilus` or `porsche 911 gt3`, and filters.
4. Set **Max lots** and run.

Leave the search terms empty to get every lot of the chosen kind. **Max lots** is the total for the run, shared fairly between your searches.

#### Input examples

Sold Rolex Submariners, most expensive first:

```json
{
  "site": "watches",
  "listingStage": "sold",
  "searchTerms": ["rolex submariner"],
  "sortBy": "price_desc",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

Every watch for sale right now (live and coming soon):

```json
{
  "site": "watches",
  "listingStage": "forsale",
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

Porsches sold on Collecting Cars in the last 30 days:

```json
{
  "site": "cars",
  "listingStage": "sold",
  "makes": ["Porsche"],
  "lotTypes": ["car"],
  "soldWithinDays": 30,
  "sortBy": "sold_newest"
}
```

Dealer watches between $5,000 and $20,000, sold in the last 90 days:

```json
{
  "listingStage": "sold",
  "vendorTypes": ["trade"],
  "minPrice": 5000,
  "maxPrice": 20000,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "soldWithinDays": 90
}
```

You can also paste **lot URLs** (`collecting.com/for-sale/…`, `collectingcars.com/for-sale/…`) or **collecting.com search URLs** (`/buy`, `/sold`, `/coming-soon`, with the search and filters you set on the site) into **Lot or search URLs**.

### Output example

```json
{
  "site": "collecting.com",
  "auctionId": 92849,
  "title": "1970s Rolex Explorer II",
  "url": "https://collecting.com/for-sale/1970s-rolex-explorer-ii",
  "lotType": "watch",
  "make": "Rolex",
  "year": "1970",
  "yearNumber": 1970,
  "referenceNumber": "1655",
  "hasBox": false,
  "hasPapers": false,
  "stage": "sold",
  "saleFormat": "auction",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "currentBid": 11750,
  "soldPrice": 11750,
  "priceGBP": 11750,
  "priceUSD": 15584,
  "priceEUR": 13754,
  "bids": 18,
  "noReserve": true,
  "reserveMet": true,
  "soldAt": "2026-10-01T14:50:12.000Z",
  "listedAt": "2026-09-24T14:00:07.000Z",
  "location": "London",
  "countryCode": "GB",
  "region": "UK",
  "vendorType": "managed",
  "features": { "age": "1970s", "hasBox": "Box: No", "hasPapers": "Papers: No", "referenceNumber": "1655" },
  "tags": ["70s", "bracelet", "stainless-steel", "black", "automatic", "gmt", "40-45mm"],
  "imageUrl": "https://images.watchcollecting.com/092849/MAIN.jpg",
  "searchQuery": "rolex explorer",
  "position": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-01T22:42:14.177Z"
}
```

Every row has the same columns; a value the lot doesn't have is `null`. The dataset has three ready-made views: **Overview**, **Sold prices** and **Live auctions**.

### Use cases

- **Price guides and valuations**: real hammer prices for a reference, with box and papers, year and date sold.
- **Market tracking**: follow what Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet or Porsche lots fetch month by month.
- **Dealer sourcing**: watch live and coming-soon lots, no-reserve auctions and auctions ending soon.
- **Auction alerts**: schedule a run every hour with **Lots: Live auctions** and **Sort by: Ending soonest**.
- **Research and journalism**: export years of sold results in one run.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Collecting.com or Collecting Cars account, cookies or a login?** No. The scraper uses the same public search the sites' own pages use for every visitor, and reads nothing behind a login. It needs nothing from you except what to search.

**How many lots can I get?** All of them. There are about 7,000 sold watch lots and about 27,000 car, plate and part lots, plus everything for sale now. Set **Max lots** to 0 to get everything your search finds.

**How fast is it?** Very fast: up to 250 lots per request, so 1,000 sold results take a few seconds and the whole sold-watch archive takes well under a minute.

**Why are some prices `null`?** A seller can hide the sold price (`soldPriceHidden` is then `true`), a coming-soon lot has no bid yet, and a lot without a Buy It Now option has no `buyNowPrice`.

**Which currency are prices in?** `currentBid`, `soldPrice` and `buyNowPrice` are in the lot's own currency (`currency`). `priceGBP`, `priceUSD` and `priceEUR` are the same price converted by the site, so lots in different currencies can be compared. The price filter uses the currency you pick.

**Why does "year" sometimes say "1970" for a 1970s watch?** The site lists vintage watches by decade. `year` is what the site shows; `yearNumber` is the first year as a number, and the year filter uses it.

**Is there seller information?** Only the seller type (private, trade or managed by Collecting) and the lot's town and country. The scraper never collects seller names, seller IDs, bidder IDs or map coordinates.

**Which proxy should I use?** Keep the default (Apify Proxy, datacenter). It comes with every Apify plan, including the free one. If the site refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to residential proxies when your account has them, and carries on without them when it doesn't.

**What does a run cost?** A small fee per run plus a fee per lot saved. See the Pricing tab. Lots left out by your filters are never charged.

**Is it legal to scrape Collecting.com and Collecting Cars?** This Actor only collects publicly available data: auction lots that anyone can see on Collecting.com or Collecting Cars without an account, such as the title, brand, year, bids, prices and dates. Collecting publicly available data is generally legal, but you're responsible for how you use it. Some lots are sold by private individuals; the scraper never collects seller names, seller or bidder IDs or exact locations, only the seller type and the town. You must follow privacy laws such as GDPR, PIPEDA and CCPA, as well as the sites' terms. If you're unsure, check with a lawyer. More on this: [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/)

**Does it access any private data?** No. Everything comes from what the sites show to any visitor without logging in. It never uses a login, never touches user accounts, watch lists, bids or messages, and follows the sites' robots.txt.

*This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Collecting.com, Watch Collecting or Collecting Cars. All trademarks belong to their owners.*

# Actor input Schema

## `site` (type: `string`):

Collecting.com (watches, formerly Watch Collecting), Collecting Cars (cars, number plates, parts, bikes) or both.

## `listingStage` (type: `string`):

Which auctions: lots for sale now (live + coming soon), only live auctions, only coming soon, sold results (with the hammer price), or everything.

## `searchTerms` (type: `array`):

Optional free-text searches, e.g. "rolex submariner", "patek nautilus", "porsche 911 gt3". Each is searched separately. Leave empty to get every lot of the chosen kind.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of lots for the whole run, shared fairly between your searches. 0 = everything.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional: lot pages (collecting.com/for-sale/… or collectingcars.com/for-sale/…) or collecting.com search pages (/buy, /sold, /coming-soon — the search and filters in the URL are kept).

## `makes` (type: `array`):

Only these brands, written as the site shows them, e.g. "Rolex", "Patek Philippe", "Audemars Piguet", "Porsche".

## `vendorTypes` (type: `array`):

Private sellers, trade (dealers) and/or lots managed by the auction house. Empty = all.

## `lotTypes` (type: `array`):

For Collecting Cars: cars, number plates, parts, bikes. Empty = all.

## `saleFormats` (type: `array`):

Auction, Buy It Now or Make an Offer. Empty = all.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter codes of where the lot is, e.g. GB, US, CH, DE. Empty = all.

## `noReserveOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only auctions without a reserve price.

## `minPrice` (type: `integer`):

Current bid (live lots) or sold price (results) of at least this much, in the currency below.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Current bid or sold price of at most this much, in the currency below.

## `priceCurrency` (type: `string`):

Lots are priced in many currencies; the price filter compares the site's converted price in this currency.

## `soldWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

For sold results: only lots sold within this many days. Empty = any time (results go back to 2021).

## `minYear` (type: `integer`):

Only watches or cars made in or after this year (a lot listed as "1970s" counts as 1970).

## `maxYear` (type: `integer`):

Only watches or cars made in or before this year.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Default = the site's order: ending soonest for lots on sale, most recently sold first for results, best match when you search.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy (datacenter) is the default and comes with every Apify plan. If the site refuses datacenter IPs for a while, the run switches to residential proxies when your account has them.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "site": "watches",
  "listingStage": "sold",
  "searchTerms": [
    "rolex submariner"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "noReserveOnly": false,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "sortBy": "default",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped auction lots.

## `run` (type: `string`):

Status and statistics for this run.

## `report` (type: `string`):

RUN_REPORT: how the run ended, counts, requests and proxy use.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "listingStage": "sold",
    "searchTerms": [
        "rolex submariner"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yugenox/watchcollecting-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "listingStage": "sold",
    "searchTerms": ["rolex submariner"],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yugenox/watchcollecting-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "listingStage": "sold",
  "searchTerms": [
    "rolex submariner"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call yugenox/watchcollecting-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yugenox/watchcollecting-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/d66JN002rv1wgvmtb/builds/nvUwFzw1WS4uXfeu8/openapi.json