# EBTH Scraper - Everything But The House Estate Auctions (`lulzasaur/ebth-scraper`) Actor

Scrape estate auction lots from EBTH (Everything But The House). Get title, current bid, minimum bid, bid count, category type, close date, pickup location, condition, image and URL. Browse all lots or search by keyword.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/ebth-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EBTH Scraper — Everything But The House Estate Auctions

Scrape live estate-auction lots from **[EBTH (Everything But The House)](https://www.ebth.com/)**, one of the largest online estate-sale marketplaces in the US. Browse every open lot or search by keyword and get clean, structured JSON for each item — current bid, minimum bid, close date, pickup location, condition, images and more.

Great for resale/arbitrage research, price monitoring, market analysis, and building estate-sale datasets.

### What it does

- **Browse ALL open lots** (leave *Search Queries* empty) or **search by keyword** (e.g. `rolex`, `mid century`, `oil painting`).
- Paginates automatically through results (48 lots per page) up to your `maxItems` cap.
- Sorts by Recommended, Ending Soonest, Recently Added, Highest/Lowest Bid, Most Bids, or Most Followed.
- Reads EBTH's public search API directly (fast, no headless browser).

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | array of strings | Keywords to search. **Leave empty to browse ALL open lots.** |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max lots per query (default `100`, max `5000`). |
| `sort` | select | `recommended`, `sale_ends_at_asc` (Ending Soonest), `sale_starts_at_desc` (Recently Added), `price_asc`, `price_desc`, `bids`, `follows`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | proxy | Optional. The API works without a proxy from most egress; enable residential if you hit blocks. |

#### Example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["rolex", "persian rug"],
  "maxItems": 200,
  "sort": "sale_ends_at_asc"
}
```

Leave `searchQueries` empty to pull the entire current catalog of open lots.

### Output

Each dataset item looks like:

```json
{
  "id": 14574876,
  "title": "Surrealist Horse and Rider Giclée",
  "url": "https://www.ebth.com/items/14574876-surrealist-horse-and-rider-giclee",
  "currentBid": 435,
  "minimumBid": 460,
  "bidsCount": 32,
  "state": "for_sale",
  "timeStatus": "extended",
  "type": "standard",
  "certifiedAuthentic": false,
  "conditionDetails": "- no significant condition issues to note.",
  "saleStartsAt": "2026-08-05T06:00:00.000Z",
  "closeDate": "2026-08-12T01:06:00.000Z",
  "location": "NCN CPC - CREEK",
  "cityState": "Blue Ash, OH",
  "barcode": "ITMGU76227",
  "imageUrl": "https://imgix-prod.ebth.com/.../Attachment-....jpg",
  "images": ["https://imgix-prod.ebth.com/..."],
  "saleId": 88931,
  "query": "rolex",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-11T06:40:00.000Z"
}
```

#### Field notes

- **currentBid** — highest bid so far (`high_bid_amount`). May be `0`/`null` before any bids.
- **minimumBid** — the next minimum required bid (`minimum_bid_amount`), effectively the starting price.
- **closeDate** — when the lot's sale ends (ISO 8601, UTC). `timeStatus: "extended"` means bidding was extended by last-minute activity.
- **cityState** — pickup city/state; **location** is the internal warehouse label.
- **imageUrl / images** — imgix-hosted photos.

### Pricing

This actor is billed **per result** (pay-per-event): a small charge per lot pushed to the dataset, plus a tiny run-start fee. You only pay for the data you actually receive.

### Notes & limitations

- Data comes from EBTH's public browse/search API; only currently listed (open) lots are returned.
- Field availability depends on how each lot was catalogued (some fields may be `null`).
- This is an unofficial scraper and is not affiliated with or endorsed by EBTH.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search on EBTH (e.g. 'rolex', 'mid century', 'oil painting'). Leave empty to browse ALL open lots.

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

Maximum number of lots to return per query (or for the full browse). 48 lots per API page.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Sort order for results.

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

Proxy settings. EBTH's public API works without a proxy from most egress; enable residential if you hit blocks.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "sort": "recommended",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `csv` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/ebth-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 = { "searchQueries": [] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/ebth-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 '{
  "searchQueries": []
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/ebth-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/ebth-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/ww7QKdgoQAvVc0Lp8/builds/muoYIUXTvpv0WpmJF/openapi.json