Community price on backpack.tf: 12.0–17.0 keys, last changed 2026-05-16 (4mo ago). The live quote above, 8.70 keys, is 28% lower and last moved 2d 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 1h ago.
Steam Market asking price: $155.32 — the lowest of one listing for the Searing Plasma 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, 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 Dapper Noel”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
13 observations
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Searing Plasma Dapper Noel sell price, 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-04: 13 observations, from 15.3 keys to 8.70 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
15 JUN 2026 · 14:08 UTC
15.3 keys
9.75 keys
23 JUN 2026 · 15:13 UTC
12.8 keys
11.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 07:13 UTC
10.5 keys
9.14 keys
3 JUL 2026 · 23:55 UTC
9.97 keys
8.67 keys
22 JUL 2026 · 06:45 UTC
9.41 keys
8.19 keys
30 JUL 2026 · 06:44 UTC
8.67 keys
7.54 keys
4 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
8.78 keys
7.64 keys
12 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
11.0 keys
9.58 keys
15 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
8.81 keys
7.66 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
11.3 keys
9.83 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
14.2 keys
12.3 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
8.70 keys
7.56 keys
Price history in numbers
13 readings since 15 Jun 2026
Over the last 30 days the Searing Plasma Dapper Noel's sell price ranged from 8.70 keys to 14.2 keys and is down 20.7% after 5 moves. Over a year it ranged from 8.67 keys to 15.3 keys (down 43.3%). Today's 8.70 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 8.67 keys (30 Jul 2026) and the highest 15.3 keys (15 Jun 2026). The price has moved 12 times since we began recording it — about once every 7 days.