Community price on backpack.tf: 19.0 keys, last changed 2021-12-24 (4.8y ago). The live quote above, 11.9 keys, is 38% 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: $41.33 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Smoking effect when we looked on 2026-10-06 01:49 UTC (7d 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, 54.44 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 Shoestring Santa”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
45 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.
Smoking Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-10: 45 observations, from 20.2 keys to 15.0 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
20.2 keys
16.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:38 UTC
20.2 keys
16.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:10 UTC
19.3 keys
17.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:04 UTC
18.4 keys
16.5 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:15 UTC
17.9 keys
16.1 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
12.4 keys
10.8 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
10.9 keys
9.46 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 07:55 UTC
11.7 keys
10.2 keys
11 JUL 2026 · 00:44 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 20:45 UTC
13.4 keys
11.6 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 04:46 UTC
15.5 keys
13.4 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 15:12 UTC
16.2 keys
14.0 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 04:08 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
21 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
15.9 keys
13.8 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
16.1 keys
14.0 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
16.3 keys
14.2 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.2 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 07:13 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
16.4 keys
14.3 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 14:09 UTC
16.5 keys
14.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
16.5 keys
14.4 keys
9 SEP 2026 · 06:10 UTC
10.2 keys
8.89 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 12:09 UTC
12.1 keys
10.5 keys
25 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
27 SEP 2026 · 04:08 UTC
11.2 keys
9.71 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
30 SEP 2026 · 08:08 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
1 OCT 2026 · 02:09 UTC
11.9 keys
10.3 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 01:09 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
6 OCT 2026 · 21:09 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 11:09 UTC
13.6 keys
11.8 keys
10 OCT 2026 · 23:10 UTC
15.0 keys
13.0 keys
Price history in numbers
45 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Smoking Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 11.2 keys to 15.0 keys and is up 23.3% after 12 moves. Over a year it ranged from 10.2 keys to 18.4 keys (down 18.5%). Today's 15.0 keys sits in the middle of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 10.2 keys (9 Sep 2026) and the highest 20.2 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 44 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.