Community price on backpack.tf: 56.0–66.0 keys, last changed 2021-01-05 (5.7y ago). The live quote above, 23.8 keys, is 58% lower and last moved 20h 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: $174.26 — the lowest of one listing for the Fragmented Photons effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:46 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 23 keys, 48.88 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 Citizen Cane”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
35 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.
Fragmented Photons Citizen Cane sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 35 observations, from 65.5 keys to 23.8 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
65.5 keys
45.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:28 UTC
66.4 keys
46.3 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:01 UTC
63.5 keys
48.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 21:55 UTC
60.4 keys
46.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:13 UTC
57.6 keys
44.1 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:08 UTC
60.8 keys
46.6 keys
17 NOV 2025 · 22:43 UTC
57.5 keys
40.5 keys
24 NOV 2025 · 00:50 UTC
61.7 keys
43.4 keys
2 DEC 2025 · 22:59 UTC
62.6 keys
44.1 keys
17 DEC 2025 · 08:54 UTC
63.8 keys
44.8 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 05:11 UTC
64.4 keys
45.5 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 08:53 UTC
63.8 keys
50.1 keys
3 JAN 2026 · 20:53 UTC
53.2 keys
46.1 keys
13 MAY 2026 · 10:33 UTC
57.5 keys
37.7 keys
17 MAY 2026 · 20:35 UTC
56.4 keys
38.3 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
50.2 keys
43.6 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC
51.6 keys
44.9 keys
4 JUL 2026 · 22:06 UTC
47.6 keys
41.3 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
47.7 keys
41.5 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
42.0 keys
36.5 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 02:45 UTC
43.6 keys
37.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 04:24 UTC
45.2 keys
39.3 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 17:12 UTC
45.4 keys
39.5 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
45.3 keys
39.4 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
11.5 keys
9.98 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
11.5 keys
10.0 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 22:10 UTC
11.6 keys
10.1 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
21.7 keys
18.8 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 02:10 UTC
23.5 keys
20.4 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
12.0 keys
10.4 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
23.8 keys
20.7 keys
Price history in numbers
35 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Fragmented Photons Citizen Cane's sell price ranged from 11.5 keys to 45.4 keys and is down 47.7% after 12 moves. Over a year it ranged from 11.5 keys to 66.4 keys (down 63.7%). Today's 23.8 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 11.5 keys (24 Aug 2026) and the highest 66.4 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 34 times since we began recording it — about once every 10 days.