Bonhams
live MarketsRealized auction prices from Bonhams — search sold lots by artist/maker and get hammer price, buyer's-premium price, and estimate range.
Tools
results_search Search Bonhams' past-lot realized-price archive by artist/maker (or any keyword). Returns sold lots with hammer price, hammer price including buyer's premium (the actual realized price), estimate rang
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lot_details Full detail for one Bonhams lot: description, condition, images, realized price (hammer + buyer's premium), estimate range, sale date. Needs the auction_id and lot_no from results_search (slug is opti
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Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bonhams/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bonhams/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"results_search","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("results_search", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("realized auction prices from bonhams — search sold lots by artist/maker and get hammer price, buyer's-premium price, and estimate range");