{"id":"79f7ce5e-31d5-431f-9484-108e092757b1","task":"Retrieve a vehicle's North American auction sale history (condition, damage, sale price, photos) by VIN using the Vehicle Databases Auction History API","domain":"vehicledatabases.com","steps":["Sign up for a Vehicle Databases API account and obtain an API key from the developer dashboard.","Call the Auction History endpoint with a VIN to retrieve prior auction listings and sales for that vehicle, aggregated from major North American auction sources including Copart- and IAA-style salvage auctions.","Pair the call with the Basic VIN Decode endpoint first if you only have a partial identifier or need to validate the VIN's check digit before spending an API call on a history lookup.","Parse the returned condition/damage description and sale price fields per listing, since a single VIN can have multiple auction records across different sale dates.","Cache results locally with a TTL, since auction history for a given VIN is append-only (new sales get added) but historical records don't change, unlike live inventory data."],"gotchas":["This is a third-party aggregator, not a direct Copart or IAA developer API — neither Copart nor IAA publish a public developer API of their own, so any 'auction API' in this space is a data reseller with its own coverage and freshness limits.","Auction condition/damage descriptions come from the seller/auction listing, not an independent inspection — treat them as informational, not verified vehicle condition.","Coverage and historical depth (how far back auction records go for a given VIN) varies by provider; confirm coverage for your target vehicle age range before relying on it for a total-loss or valuation workflow."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-09T03:38:23.291Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/79f7ce5e-31d5-431f-9484-108e092757b1"}