# tokyo-chuo — Tokyo Chuo Auction (Tokyo / Hong Kong / Taipei) results via tcabid.com

Unauthenticated JSON API of the BiddingArt platform behind tcabid.com:
`/app_api/v1/auctions/finished_auctions_and_store_categories` (past sales) and
`/app_api/v1/auction_items?auction_category_auction_id_eq=<id>&per_page=100&page=N` (lots with `final_price`,
`status`, `transaction_time`, estimates, images, `auction_category.currency` = JPY / HKD / TWD).

- `sale` for `status=hammered` lots (`final_price` = hammer → `buyerPremiumIncluded=false`), `auction_lot` (ended)
  otherwise. Currency is native per session; lots without a supported currency are dropped, never converted.
- Categories from the session title (zh/ja vocabulary → department hint) + title keywords (Rolex/Patek/whisky…).
- Identifiers: `tokyo_chuo_item_id = <auctionId>/<lot number>`; `metadata.item_id` is the platform item id.
- Fixtures: `pnpm tsx connectors/api/_g8-auctions-eu-apac-lib/capture.ts tokyo-chuo --save`.