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Sotheby's

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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1Request
boolean

true: only records still open for bidding or purchase; false: only closed ones.

string

Department as the site names it (facet `departments`), e.g. Prints, Contemporary Art.

number

hits_per_page

string

Free text; empty or omitted browses the index with the filters alone.

string

Restrict to one record type (Algolia `type` facet).

5 credits
Codefollows the fields above
const result = await firecrawl.scrape({
  alexandria: {
    provider: "sothebys-com",
    capability: "auctions/search",
    options: {
      hits_per_page: 5,
      query: "picasso",
      type: "Lot",
    },
  },
});
2Response example

This is a sample shape. Press Run to see live data from Sotheby's.

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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "value": "Selling Exhibitions"
        },
        {
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    {
      "artists": [
        "Pablo Picasso"
      ],
      "auction_details": "21 October 2026 | 7:00 PM EDT | New York",
      "auction_title": "Magnum Opus | Evening Auction",
      "auction_type": "Main Sales",
      "available": true,
      "concise_heading": "Pablo Picasso, Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette dans la nuit, from the Vollard suite (Bloch 225; Baer 437)",
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        "Prints"
      ],
      "details": "Estimate: 100,000 – 150,000 USD",
      "end_date": "2026-10-21T23:00:00Z",
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        "currency": "USD",
        "high": 150000,
        "low": 100000,
        "upon_request": false
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      "item_id": "BY5HW",
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      "lot_number": "19",
      "sale_number": "N12500",
      "sale_price": null,
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      "start_date": "2026-10-21T23:00:00Z",
      "title": "minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette dans la nuit, from the vollard suite (bloch 225; baer 437)",
      "type": "Lot",
      "url": "https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/magnum-opus-evening-auction/minotaure-aveugle-guide-par-une-fillette-dans-la"
    },
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      "artists": [
        "Pablo Picasso"
      ],
      "auction_details": "22 October 2026 | 10:00 AM EDT | New York",
      "auction_title": "Magnum Opus | Act II: Figure & Form",
      "auction_type": "Main Sales",
      "available": true,
      "concise_heading": " Pablo Picasso,  Nu étendu",
      "departments": [
        "Impressionist & Modern Art"
      ],
      "details": "Estimate: 60,000 – 80,000 USD",
      "end_date": "2026-10-22T14:00:00Z",
      "estimate": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "high": 80000,
        "low": 60000,
        "upon_request": false
      },
      "guarantee_line": "Nu étendu",
      "hammer_price": null,
      "id": "10fde699-3fd6-4720-8da3-6748396c8c59",
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      "item_id": "5NV85",
      "list_price": null,
      "locations": [
        "New York"
      ],
      "lot_number": "174",
      "sale_number": "N12501",
      "sale_price": null,
      "sku": null,
      "sold_status": "UNSOLD",
      "start_date": "2026-10-22T14:00:00Z",
      "title": "nu étendu",
      "type": "Lot",
      "url": "https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/magnum-opus-act-ii-figure-form/nu-etendu"
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    {
      "artists": [
        "Pablo Picasso"
      ],
      "auction_details": "5 November 2026 | 6:00 PM CET | Paris",
      "auction_title": "Part III: Une demeure princière, La résidence de son Altesse Cheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani, L'écrin Art Déco",
      "auction_type": "Main Sales",
      "available": true,
      "concise_heading": "After Pablo Picasso • Imaginary portraits",
      "departments": [
        "Prints"
      ],
      "details": "Estimate: 80,000 – 120,000 EUR",
      "end_date": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z",
      "estimate": {
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        "high": 120000,
        "low": 80000,
        "upon_request": false
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      "guarantee_line": "Portraits Imaginaires",
      "hammer_price": null,
      "id": "10776fa1-ca5d-4a68-8616-027313b149d5",
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      "item_id": "DNVBT",
      "list_price": null,
      "locations": [
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      "lot_number": "342",
      "sale_number": "PF2628",
      "sale_price": null,
      "sku": null,
      "sold_status": "UNSOLD",
      "start_date": "2026-11-05T17:00:00Z",
      "title": "portraits imaginaires",
      "type": "Lot",
      "url": "https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/part-iii-une-demeure-princiere-la-residence-de-son-altesse-cheikh-hamad-bin-abdullah-al-thani-lecrin-art-deco/portraits-imaginaires"
    },
    {
      "artists": [
        "Pablo Picasso"
      ],
      "auction_details": "18 November 2026 | 7:00 PM EST | New York",
      "auction_title": "Modern Evening Auction",
      "auction_type": "Main Sales",
      "available": true,
      "concise_heading": "Pablo Picasso, Tête de fou",
      "departments": [
        "Impressionist & Modern Art"
      ],
      "details": "Estimate: 1,200,000 – 1,800,000 USD",
      "end_date": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z",
      "estimate": {
        "currency": "USD",
        "high": 1800000,
        "low": 1200000,
        "upon_request": false
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      "guarantee_line": "Tête de fou",
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      "id": "019f969e-954e-7041-aef7-d1dc05f0a917",
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      "artists": [
        "Pablo Picasso"
      ],
      "auction_details": "23 October 2026 | 5:00 PM CEST | Paris",
      "auction_title": "Modernités",
      "auction_type": "Main Sales",
      "available": true,
      "concise_heading": "Pablo Picasso, Tête d'homme, profil, Huile sur toile, 1963",
      "departments": [
        "Impressionist & Modern Art"
      ],
      "details": "Estimate: 3,000,000 – 4,000,000 EUR",
      "end_date": "2026-10-23T15:00:00Z",
      "estimate": {
        "currency": "EUR",
        "high": 4000000,
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        "upon_request": false
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      "sold_status": "UNSOLD",
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      "type": "Lot",
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}

Quality, speed and cost, last 24 hours, across every agent call to Sotheby's through Alexandria.

Quality
100%
Calls answered without a tool error
Speed
481 ms
95% of successful calls finish faster
Cost
5 credits
Firecrawl credits per call
Calls
21
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