Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0–15.0 keys, last changed 2020-09-25 (6.1y ago). The live quote above, 13.0 keys, is inside the community’s range 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: $38.66 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-13 01:29 UTC (5h 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 13 keys, 0.66 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 Liquidator's Lid”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
43 observations
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Bubbling Liquidator's Lid sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-08: 43 observations, from 16.4 keys to 14.3 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
16.4 keys
10.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:38 UTC
16.4 keys
9.22 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:22 UTC
15.7 keys
9.65 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 20:08 UTC
14.9 keys
9.22 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:28 UTC
14.2 keys
8.81 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:29 UTC
14.6 keys
8.99 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 13:13 UTC
6.67 keys
5.80 keys
10 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
7.30 keys
6.35 keys
15 JUL 2026 · 22:43 UTC
4.88 keys
4.23 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 08:45 UTC
7.35 keys
6.39 keys
7 AUG 2026 · 11:13 UTC
7.69 keys
6.68 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 01:12 UTC
8.06 keys
7.00 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 14:10 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
8.53 keys
7.42 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
7.88 keys
6.85 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
7.48 keys
6.51 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
7.74 keys
6.73 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
16 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
7.57 keys
6.58 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
7.89 keys
6.86 keys
19 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
7.42 keys
6.45 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
7.39 keys
6.42 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
23 SEP 2026 · 22:10 UTC
7.52 keys
6.54 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 00:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
29 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.4 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 06:08 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 18:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:11 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
3 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
4 OCT 2026 · 11:08 UTC
13.7 keys
11.9 keys
5 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 07:09 UTC
13.2 keys
11.5 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 01:10 UTC
14.0 keys
12.1 keys
8 OCT 2026 · 19:09 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
Price history in numbers
43 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Bubbling Liquidator's Lid's sell price ranged from 7.39 keys to 14.3 keys and is up 88.9% after 22 moves. Over a year it ranged from 4.88 keys to 14.9 keys (down 4.2%). Today's 14.3 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 4.88 keys (15 Jul 2026) and the highest 16.4 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 42 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.