Community price on backpack.tf: 56.0 keys, last changed 2025-07-29 (1.1y ago). The live quote above, 56.9 keys, is 2% higher and last moved 7h 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: $174.11 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Sunbeams effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:48 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 56 keys, 55.22 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 Shoestring Santa”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
60 observations
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Sunbeams Shoestring Santa sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-05: 60 observations, from 57.9 keys to 56.9 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
57.9 keys
47.4 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:10 UTC
56.2 keys
50.6 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:03 UTC
53.5 keys
48.2 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:15 UTC
53.9 keys
48.5 keys
16 NOV 2025 · 22:42 UTC
67.5 keys
35.9 keys
1 DEC 2025 · 01:03 UTC
72.4 keys
39.1 keys
8 DEC 2025 · 00:56 UTC
74.7 keys
40.6 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 00:57 UTC
73.7 keys
41.3 keys
9 JAN 2026 · 13:45 UTC
66.5 keys
38.4 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:45 UTC
66.5 keys
39.3 keys
1 FEB 2026 · 23:45 UTC
63.5 keys
37.7 keys
16 FEB 2026 · 16:41 UTC
66.5 keys
40.0 keys
22 FEB 2026 · 22:42 UTC
62.5 keys
37.8 keys
8 MAR 2026 · 22:43 UTC
61.3 keys
38.8 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:08 UTC
65.1 keys
48.5 keys
5 APR 2026 · 16:30 UTC
66.6 keys
49.8 keys
11 APR 2026 · 04:31 UTC
66.6 keys
49.9 keys
22 JUN 2026 · 17:13 UTC
60.0 keys
52.2 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 13:12 UTC
62.5 keys
54.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
59.5 keys
51.8 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
62.0 keys
53.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 00:24 UTC
67.0 keys
58.3 keys
11 AUG 2026 · 11:11 UTC
68.0 keys
59.1 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
12.5 keys
10.9 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
12.7 keys
11.1 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
17.3 keys
15.1 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
23.8 keys
20.7 keys
26 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
27.2 keys
23.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 04:10 UTC
29.4 keys
25.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
54.9 keys
47.7 keys
29 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
55.6 keys
48.4 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 04:09 UTC
56.3 keys
49.0 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 16:08 UTC
56.4 keys
49.1 keys
31 AUG 2026 · 16:09 UTC
56.4 keys
49.0 keys
1 SEP 2026 · 04:10 UTC
56.3 keys
48.9 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 04:09 UTC
55.6 keys
48.3 keys
2 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
56.2 keys
48.9 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 16:08 UTC
58.5 keys
50.9 keys
4 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
58.7 keys
51.1 keys
5 SEP 2026 · 10:08 UTC
56.9 keys
49.5 keys
Price history in numbers
60 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Sunbeams Shoestring Santa's sell price ranged from 12.0 keys to 68.0 keys and is down 16.4% after 26 moves. Over a year it ranged from 12.0 keys to 75.6 keys (down 1.7%). Today's 56.9 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 12.0 keys (21 Aug 2026) and the highest 75.6 keys (22 Dec 2025). The price has moved 56 times since we began recording it — about once every 6 days.