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Sotheby's (sothebys.com) auctions, lots with estimates and realized prices, Buy Now (marketplace) items and the site-wide search over lots, auctions, artists and articles, from the public GraphQL API (clientapi.prod.sothelabs.com) and Algolia search index behind the website.
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const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
alexandria: {
provider: "sothebys-com",
capability: "auctions/search",
options: {
hits_per_page: 5,
query: "picasso",
type: "Lot",
},
},
});2Response example
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}Firecrawl tools
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