The Collector Car Market, Gamified

Predict. Score. Win.

Friday's Watchlist is a price prediction game layered on top of live collector car auctions. Guess the final sale price, earn points and badges, and climb the leaderboard — then use our market tools to actually win bids and sell smarter.

How to Play

1
Pick a live auction
Browse active auctions from Cars & Bids, Bring a Trailer, and PCAR Market — all in one feed. Filter by make, price range, or ending time.
2
Enter your prediction
Type in what you think the car will sell for and hit Predict. Think the reserve won't be met? Toggle "No Sale" instead — a correct call pays 300 pts. Set your confidence level — 1× (safe), 2× (confident), or 3× (all in) — to multiply your points on a hit. Higher stakes mean bigger rewards, but a penalty if you miss. You can update anytime until 24 hours before the auction ends.
3
Beat JCVD
Every auction has an AI opponent — JCVD — that makes its own prediction using real market data, comps, and bid momentum. If your guess is closer than JCVD's, you earn an automatic +20 pt bounty on top of your score.
4
Earn points, badges & streaks
Once the auction closes, your accuracy is scored. The closer you are to the final sale price, the more points. Keep hitting BALLPARK or better consecutively — your points multiply at 3 in a row (1.5×), 5 in a row (2×), and 10 in a row (3×).
5
Climb the leaderboard
Points accumulate weekly. Top predictors earn leaderboard spots, profile badges, and serious bragging rights in the collector car community.

Scoring & Badges

Six tiers, fixed points. Hit the exact final price for the Crystal Ball — that one's rare on purpose. Everything else is graded by how close you get.

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Crystal Ball
500 pts
Nail the exact final price
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Appraiser
100 pts
Within 1% of hammer
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Sharp Eye
50 pts
Within 5%
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Good Read
25 pts
Within 10%
Ballpark
10 pts
Within 20%
Miss
0 (or −pts) pts
More than 20% off
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No Sale
300 pts
Predict reserve not met — and nail it

Confidence Multiplier

When you submit a prediction, you choose how much to stake on it. Higher confidence = bigger upside, with real downside if you're wrong.

Safe
Base points
No penalty on miss
Confident
2× points on hit
−10 pts on miss
All In
3× points on hit
−15 pts on miss

Crystal Ball (exact match) always scores 500 pts × your multiplier. A correct No Sale call pays a flat 300 pts — no multiplier bonus, but no penalty if the car sells and you were wrong.

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Meet JCVD — Your AI Opponent

Every auction has an AI opponent called JCVD that makes its own price prediction using real market data — historical sales, make/model trends, mileage adjustments, and auction platform dynamics. If your guess lands closer than JCVD's, you earn a +20 pt Beat JCVD bounty automatically added to your score. Lose and you'll know exactly where your market read needs work.

See who's beating JCVD this week →

🔥 Streak Multiplier

Consistent accuracy compounds. Every time you land BALLPARK or better, your streak grows — and so do your points. One miss resets it. Reserve-not-met auctions don't count against you.

1.5×
3 in a row
5 in a row
10 in a row

Streak multiplier applies after your confidence multiplier — so a 3× stake on a 5-streak hit multiplies twice.

Make/Model Mastery

Predict enough auctions in a specific make to unlock mastery tiers and earn specialist titles. The more predictions you nail on a single marque, the higher your tier — and the more bragging rights you carry.

TierRequirementsAccuracy
Novice3+ guessesany
Apprentice5+ guesses70%+
Journeyman10+ guesses80%+
Expert20+ guesses85%+
Grandmaster40+ guesses90%+

King of Make

The top points scorer on each make (minimum 10 predictions) holds the exclusive “King of <Make>” title. It shows on their profile and on the make leaderboard — until someone knocks them off.

Your mastery profile lives at /mastery.

Brackets

Weekly bracket tournaments pit players head-to-head on the same set of auctions. Everyone predicts the same cars — the most accurate predictions advance through the bracket. Join a bracket, beat your bracket opponents, and earn the weekly champion title.

View active brackets →

Market Tools

The game sharpens your market instincts. The tools let you act on them — whether you're buying, bidding, or selling.

Ready to play?

Free to join. No bidding required.

🎯 Start Predicting