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Developer Platform

Art Market Data for Your Platform

Integrate 3.9M+ auction records, 444K artist profiles and real-time price data into your application via our REST API.

Quick Start

example.js
// Fetch top artists by market value
const response = await fetch(
  'https://auctionask.com/api/artists?tab=rankings&sort=revenue&page_size=10',
  { headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);

const { data, total } = await response.json();
// data: [{ artist_id, name, nationality, total_revenue, avg_price, ... }]
// total: 444908

// Fetch auction lots by artist
const lots = await fetch(
  'https://auctionask.com/api/auctions/lots?artist_id=12345&page_size=20'
);
// { data: [{ title, hammer_price_local, price_realized_usd, auction_date, ... }] }

API Reference

Base URL: https://auctionask.com/api

GET
/api/artists

List artists with filters (tab, nationality, medium, search)

GET
/api/artists/[slug]

Artist profile: biography, auction history, price stats

GET
/api/artworks

Artwork listings with category, price, medium filters

GET
/api/auctions/lots

Auction lot results: hammer price, house, date, title

GET
/api/auctions/events

Auction events by house, date range, location

GET
/api/search

Full-text search across artists, artworks and auctions

GET
/api/estimate

Price estimation for artwork based on comparables

GET
/api/news

Art market news articles with category filters

All endpoints support page, page_size pagination. Responses are JSON with data[], total, total_pages.

Platform Features

REST API

Standard JSON REST API. Works with any language or framework.

API Keys

Secure key-based authentication. Rotate anytime.

3.9M+ Records

Comprehensive auction lot data from 200+ houses.

Global Coverage

50+ countries, all major currencies.

Price Data

Hammer prices, buyer premiums, estimates.

444K Artists

Full artist profiles with biographical data.

Data Plans

Choose the plan that fits your integration

Explorer

Free

1,000 req/month

  • Artists API
  • Artworks API
  • Basic search
  • Community support
Start Free

Professional

$99/mo

50,000 req/month

  • All endpoints
  • Auction results
  • Price estimator
  • Priority support
  • Rate limit: 60 req/min
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Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited

  • Full data dump
  • Custom endpoints
  • SLA guarantee
  • Dedicated support
  • Data licensing
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