Community price on backpack.tf: 11.0–12.0 keys, last changed 2025-10-08 (11mo ago). The live quote above, 8.89 keys, is 19% lower and last moved 17d 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: $27.07 — the lowest of one listing for the Nuts n' Bolts effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:45 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 8 keys, 57.11 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 Dapper Noel”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
36 observations
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Nuts n' Bolts Dapper Noel sell price, 2025-10-09 to 2026-08-20: 36 observations, from 11.4 keys to 8.89 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
9 OCT 2025 · 10:35 UTC
11.4 keys
9.35 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:33 UTC
10.8 keys
8.93 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:45 UTC
10.3 keys
8.54 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:40 UTC
10.9 keys
8.96 keys
17 NOV 2025 · 06:44 UTC
11.9 keys
7.46 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 22:54 UTC
12.8 keys
9.68 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:07 UTC
10.9 keys
8.86 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 18:54 UTC
11.0 keys
9.54 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
12.6 keys
9.53 keys
22 DEC 2025 · 07:19 UTC
11.7 keys
9.53 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 04:56 UTC
11.2 keys
9.23 keys
4 JAN 2026 · 18:55 UTC
10.9 keys
9.08 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 18:22 UTC
9.98 keys
9.03 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
10.1 keys
9.04 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:46 UTC
11.7 keys
8.48 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:46 UTC
11.2 keys
8.19 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:45 UTC
10.9 keys
7.91 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 16:41 UTC
11.7 keys
8.41 keys
23 FEB 2026 · 00:42 UTC
9.36 keys
8.22 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 06:44 UTC
10.8 keys
8.05 keys
19 MAR 2026 · 10:07 UTC
9.66 keys
8.10 keys
2 APR 2026 · 14:30 UTC
11.7 keys
6.42 keys
11 APR 2026 · 04:31 UTC
11.5 keys
6.42 keys
19 APR 2026 · 18:31 UTC
9.53 keys
6.43 keys
1 MAY 2026 · 04:31 UTC
9.38 keys
7.37 keys
3 JUN 2026 · 00:32 UTC
9.50 keys
7.45 keys
9 JUN 2026 · 06:32 UTC
9.29 keys
7.14 keys
19 JUN 2026 · 20:10 UTC
9.14 keys
7.62 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 03:14 UTC
7.71 keys
6.71 keys
5 JUL 2026 · 13:11 UTC
7.19 keys
6.25 keys
16 JUL 2026 · 12:43 UTC
7.95 keys
6.91 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 12:46 UTC
7.96 keys
6.92 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 02:44 UTC
8.32 keys
7.24 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 08:24 UTC
8.73 keys
7.60 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
8.87 keys
7.72 keys
20 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
8.89 keys
7.73 keys
Price history in numbers
36 readings since 9 Oct 2025
Over the last 30 days the Nuts n' Bolts Dapper Noel's sell price ranged from 8.87 keys to 8.89 keys and is up 0.2% after 1 move. Over a year it ranged from 7.19 keys to 12.8 keys (down 22.0%). Today's 8.89 keys sits in the lower third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.19 keys (5 Jul 2026) and the highest 12.8 keys (23 Nov 2025). The price has moved 35 times since we began recording it — about once every 9 days.