`sothebys_results_search`

Pack: sothebys · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/sothebys_results_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Sotheby’s past-lot archive by artist/maker (or any keyword) and return realized prices: price including buyer’s premium, winning (hammer) bid, estimate range, sale name/date/location and department. Covers every Sotheby’s sale in the index, not one auction. Defaults to sale_type: \"timed\" (online sales) because those are the ones Sotheby’s publishes results for — live-saleroom sales are searchable but their prices are withheld, so a famous evening-sale lot will come back with a null price whatever you do.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Artist, maker, or keyword, e.g. “Pablo Picasso”, “Patek Philippe”.
`category`	string	no	Optional free-text filter matched against the lot’s department names, e.g. “prints”, “photographs”, “jewelry”.
`page`	number	no	Search page, 1-based (each page scans up to ${SCAN_PER_PAGE} matching lots). Default 1.
`limit`	number	no	Max lots to return (1-50, default 20).
`sale_type`	string	no	Which sales to search. “timed” (default) = online sales, the only ones whose realized prices Sotheby’s publishes. “live” = saleroom sales, searchable but with prices withheld. “any” = both.
`include_unpriced`	boolean	no	Also return lots whose result Sotheby’s withholds, with null prices. Default false.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Pablo Picasso",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sothebys/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"sothebys_results_search","arguments":{"query":"Pablo Picasso","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('sothebys_results_search', {
  "query": "Pablo Picasso",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "query": "Andy Warhol",
  "category": "prints",
  "limit": 2
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the sothebys pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sothebys": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sothebys/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

sothebys_results_search