Community price on backpack.tf: 65.0 keys, last changed 2025-11-11 (11mo ago). The live quote above, 11.5 keys, is 82% lower and last moved 12d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $168.60 — the lowest of one listing for the Aurora Skies effect when we looked on 2026-10-07 01:41 UTC (6d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 11 keys, 34.33 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Checkered Past”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
36 observations
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Aurora Skies Checkered Past sell price, 2025-11-13 to 2026-10-11: 36 observations, from 91.9 keys to 26.6 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
13 NOV 2025 · 04:54 UTC
91.9 keys
22.2 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:44 UTC
92.4 keys
22.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:54 UTC
95.1 keys
24.2 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:07 UTC
84.1 keys
24.7 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:57 UTC
81.4 keys
25.6 keys
16 DEC 2025 · 20:55 UTC
82.8 keys
26.6 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 01:15 UTC
83.7 keys
27.0 keys
30 DEC 2025 · 10:59 UTC
80.7 keys
40.4 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 22:59 UTC
77.8 keys
40.9 keys
12 JAN 2026 · 09:41 UTC
60.8 keys
50.0 keys
18 JAN 2026 · 17:20 UTC
57.1 keys
31.1 keys
4 MAY 2026 · 08:33 UTC
154 keys
48.9 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC
72.7 keys
56.1 keys
16 JUN 2026 · 08:12 UTC
63.1 keys
52.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 02:13 UTC
64.4 keys
46.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
14.7 keys
12.7 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
15.6 keys
13.6 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
67.2 keys
58.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
67.3 keys
58.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
66.9 keys
58.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
67.3 keys
58.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
67.2 keys
58.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
67.3 keys
58.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
67.2 keys
58.5 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
67.4 keys
58.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 20:11 UTC
67.3 keys
58.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
67.3 keys
58.5 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 14:09 UTC
48.6 keys
42.2 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 08:10 UTC
30.8 keys
26.7 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
35.1 keys
30.5 keys
21 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
47.0 keys
40.9 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
48.5 keys
42.1 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 05:11 UTC
29.1 keys
25.3 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
31.3 keys
27.2 keys
11 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
Price history in numbers
36 readings since 13 Nov 2025
Over the last 30 days the Aurora Skies Checkered Past's sell price ranged from 11.5 keys to 48.5 keys and is down 43.4% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.5 keys to 154 keys (down 71.0%). Today's 26.6 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.5 keys (1 Oct 2026) and the highest 154 keys (4 May 2026). The price has moved 35 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.