Community price on backpack.tf: 32.0 keys, last changed 2024-09-25 (1.9y ago). The live quote above, 23.4 keys, is 27% lower and last moved 3d 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: $92.26 — the lowest of one listing for the Sunbeams effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:42 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, 25.88 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 Plumber's Pipe”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
47 observations
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Sunbeams Plumber's Pipe sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-02: 47 observations, from 33.0 keys to 23.4 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
33.0 keys
27.0 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 20:46 UTC
33.0 keys
27.0 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 08:29 UTC
31.5 keys
28.3 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 16:36 UTC
28.6 keys
25.7 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 00:38 UTC
30.2 keys
27.2 keys
18 NOV 2025 · 16:33 UTC
48.4 keys
40.4 keys
23 NOV 2025 · 18:42 UTC
52.0 keys
43.3 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 00:52 UTC
49.4 keys
43.5 keys
9 DEC 2025 · 18:49 UTC
54.7 keys
45.0 keys
8 JAN 2026 · 21:37 UTC
49.3 keys
45.3 keys
15 JAN 2026 · 14:14 UTC
44.9 keys
40.3 keys
22 JAN 2026 · 09:44 UTC
44.9 keys
41.7 keys
3 FEB 2026 · 00:21 UTC
42.8 keys
39.8 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
41.8 keys
38.9 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 16:41 UTC
42.2 keys
39.3 keys
2 MAR 2026 · 20:40 UTC
40.9 keys
12.7 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:42 UTC
40.5 keys
15.1 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
40.0 keys
17.7 keys
22 MAR 2026 · 22:06 UTC
43.0 keys
22.2 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
44.1 keys
26.7 keys
24 APR 2026 · 08:30 UTC
43.8 keys
30.3 keys
29 APR 2026 · 02:29 UTC
41.5 keys
28.8 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:30 UTC
40.9 keys
28.6 keys
10 MAY 2026 · 20:32 UTC
43.4 keys
32.0 keys
22 MAY 2026 · 02:30 UTC
43.0 keys
31.9 keys
1 JUN 2026 · 00:29 UTC
43.6 keys
32.4 keys
15 JUN 2026 · 00:30 UTC
42.6 keys
32.8 keys
26 JUN 2026 · 01:11 UTC
40.0 keys
34.8 keys
1 JUL 2026 · 05:12 UTC
39.1 keys
34.0 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
40.2 keys
34.9 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 02:43 UTC
43.2 keys
37.6 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
46.4 keys
40.4 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 01:11 UTC
47.0 keys
40.9 keys
17 AUG 2026 · 13:12 UTC
46.9 keys
40.8 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 18:09 UTC
23.4 keys
20.4 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
24.0 keys
20.8 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
24.4 keys
21.2 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
23.1 keys
20.1 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
22.9 keys
19.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
23.4 keys
20.4 keys
Price history in numbers
47 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sunbeams Plumber's Pipe's sell price ranged from 22.9 keys to 47.0 keys and is down 50.2% after 8 moves. Over a year it ranged from 22.9 keys to 54.7 keys (down 29.1%). Today's 23.4 keys sits at the bottom of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 22.9 keys (1 Sep 2026) and the highest 54.7 keys (9 Dec 2025). The price has moved 45 times since we began recording it — about once every 8 days.