Community price on backpack.tf: 25.0 keys, last changed 2024-10-07 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 16.2 keys, is 35% lower and last moved 13h 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: $101.30 — the lowest of one listing for the Hard Carry effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:41 UTC (2d 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 16 keys, 12.55 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 A Handsome Handy Thing”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
72 observations
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Hard Carry A Handsome Handy Thing sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 72 observations, from 24.8 keys to 16.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
24.8 keys
20.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:09 UTC
23.7 keys
21.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:19 UTC
21.5 keys
19.3 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:14 UTC
22.7 keys
20.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 14:50 UTC
20.6 keys
14.0 keys
18 DEC 2025 · 02:52 UTC
21.3 keys
10.6 keys
31 DEC 2025 · 00:58 UTC
20.4 keys
10.8 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 11:42 UTC
18.5 keys
13.3 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
17.2 keys
11.4 keys
17 FEB 2026 · 18:40 UTC
15.7 keys
12.5 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
15.4 keys
11.5 keys
24 MAR 2026 · 02:07 UTC
15.9 keys
11.3 keys
3 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
16.2 keys
11.0 keys
23 APR 2026 · 22:32 UTC
16.3 keys
11.4 keys
30 APR 2026 · 22:30 UTC
15.2 keys
10.6 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 14:33 UTC
15.6 keys
11.3 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
15.8 keys
6.41 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
15.4 keys
9.48 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 01:14 UTC
14.2 keys
12.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 08:44 UTC
13.1 keys
11.4 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
13.8 keys
12.0 keys
2 AUG 2026 · 18:43 UTC
14.7 keys
12.8 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 16:10 UTC
14.4 keys
12.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
14.6 keys
12.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
14.4 keys
12.5 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
14.3 keys
12.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
14.5 keys
12.6 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
14.8 keys
12.8 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
14.4 keys
12.6 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
15.1 keys
13.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
15.4 keys
13.3 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 18:10 UTC
12.8 keys
11.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
14.9 keys
13.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 02:09 UTC
15.0 keys
13.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 22:08 UTC
15.2 keys
13.2 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
15.3 keys
13.3 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 10:09 UTC
15.5 keys
13.5 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
16.2 keys
14.1 keys
Price history in numbers
72 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Hard Carry A Handsome Handy Thing's sell price ranged from 12.8 keys to 16.2 keys and is up 7.6% after 32 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.8 keys to 24.8 keys (down 34.7%). Today's 16.2 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.8 keys (31 Aug 2026) and the highest 24.8 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 69 times since we began recording it — about once every 5 days.