Complete transparency on how JP Sheet retrieves authentic Japanese auction records — what we connect to, how we verify, what we deliver, and why our database of every Japanese auction from 2007 onward matters for buyers worldwide.
Most services say “auction house data” and stop there. Four different kinds of source go into a single search, and each answers a question the others cannot.
One query reaches all four. You enter a chassis number once; we search everywhere and return whatever exists.
Grades of every vehicle verified through JP Sheet over the last six months. This is read from our database when you open the page — not a figure typed in and forgotten.
Every source has a horizon. Knowing where ours ends is worth more than another paragraph about coverage.
A car never sold at Japanese auction has no sheet. Dealer-to-dealer trades and private sales often leave nothing behind. No service has that record, because it was never created.
The sheet describes one day. An inspector graded that car on that date. What happened afterwards — shipping damage, a repair, hard use — is not on it.
Inspectors are people. They are experienced and they are consistent, but two can read the same panel differently. Where a sheet is ambiguous, we say so rather than picking the reassuring interpretation.
We report the record; we do not create it. If an auction house recorded something incorrectly, our report repeats it faithfully. Tell us and we search again by hand at no charge.
Both. You get the original sheet image, and our reading of it beside that.
The image is the evidence. Our translation and explanation sit next to it, clearly marked as ours, so you can always check our reading against the document itself.
The archives we query reach back to 2007, and millions of records sit in them.
To be precise about whose figure that is: it describes our suppliers’ coverage, not a database we hold ourselves. Older cars are hit and miss — the further back you go, the thinner the record.
Usually one of three reasons. The car never went through auction; the number has a small typing error; or the record predates the archives.
Send it to us either way. A person searches the archives by hand at no charge, and if nothing exists you are not charged for the search.
A grade is a summary, and summaries hide things. Two cars graded 4 can be in noticeably different condition.
Read the damage map and the inspector’s notes. A grade 4 with one small scratch is a different car from a grade 4 with marks on six panels — which is exactly why our reports show every mark rather than just the number.
Yes, through a separate service. Our VIN check covers American and Canadian vehicles. Title, brand and odometer data comes from NMVTIS through an approved NMVTIS data provider; sale, auction and photo records come from vehicle listing and auction data partners. Reports never include an owner’s name or address.
Different sources, different limits. We describe both above rather than pretending one service covers the world.
Live. Our connections update as auctions run, so a car that sold this morning is usually searchable the same day.
Very recent sales can lag by a few hours while the auction house publishes its results.
Searching is free. Type a chassis or VIN number and see what exists — you only pay if you want the grade, the damage marks, the real mileage and the price it sold for.
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