Community price on backpack.tf: 27.0 keys, last changed 2019-04-30 (7.5y ago). The live quote above, 12.4 keys, is 54% lower and last moved 18d 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: $145.44 — the lowest of one listing for the Bubbling effect when we looked on 2026-10-12 01:30 UTC (1d 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 12 keys, 27.11 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 Neckwear Headwear”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
49 observations
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The key axis converts at today's rate. Prices are recorded in metal, so a line that is flat in keys followed the key rate rather than standing still.
Bubbling Neckwear Headwear sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-25: 49 observations, from 26.9 keys to 12.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
26.9 keys
22.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 21:09 UTC
26.9 keys
22.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:51 UTC
25.7 keys
23.1 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:01 UTC
23.3 keys
20.9 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 01:02 UTC
24.6 keys
22.1 keys
19 NOV 2025 · 10:40 UTC
18.3 keys
9.17 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 20:44 UTC
17.5 keys
10.3 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 14:16 UTC
15.4 keys
9.31 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
15.4 keys
10.1 keys
3 FEB 2026 · 16:22 UTC
17.3 keys
8.39 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
14.3 keys
8.58 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 18:41 UTC
14.0 keys
8.31 keys
4 MAR 2026 · 00:41 UTC
13.9 keys
8.21 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
13.8 keys
8.91 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 16:08 UTC
13.6 keys
8.78 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
14.6 keys
9.28 keys
11 APR 2026 · 08:30 UTC
14.3 keys
10.4 keys
19 APR 2026 · 18:30 UTC
14.5 keys
9.33 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 12:30 UTC
13.6 keys
9.35 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 14:31 UTC
14.4 keys
10.0 keys
24 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
13.9 keys
10.3 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
14.0 keys
10.6 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 22:30 UTC
13.9 keys
10.1 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
13.7 keys
10.0 keys
30 JUN 2026 · 07:13 UTC
12.6 keys
10.9 keys
9 JUL 2026 · 02:44 UTC
11.9 keys
10.4 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 10:45 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 08:24 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.5 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
12.0 keys
10.5 keys
7 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
10 SEP 2026 · 14:07 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
13.4 keys
11.7 keys
12 SEP 2026 · 14:08 UTC
13.0 keys
11.3 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 18:08 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
Price history in numbers
49 readings since 25 Sep 2025
The price has not been re-read inside the last 30 days. Over a year it ranged from 11.9 keys to 24.6 keys (down 49.2%). Today's 12.4 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.9 keys (9 Jul 2026) and the highest 26.9 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 47 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.
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