Community price on backpack.tf: 24.0–27.0 keys, last changed 2024-04-03 (2.4y ago). The live quote above, 20.4 keys, is 15% 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 under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $69.00 — the lowest of 2 listings for the Shimmering Fireworks effect when we looked on 2026-09-04 01:54 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 20 keys, 25.11 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 Throttlehead”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
25 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.
Shimmering Fireworks Throttlehead sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-09-03: 25 observations, from 26.8 keys to 20.4 keys.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
26.8 keys
19.5 keys
30 SEP 2025 · 22:52 UTC
26.8 keys
19.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 10:23 UTC
25.6 keys
20.4 keys
19 OCT 2025 · 22:19 UTC
24.3 keys
19.5 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 18:32 UTC
23.2 keys
18.6 keys
10 NOV 2025 · 02:27 UTC
24.6 keys
19.7 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 23:12 UTC
7.18 keys
6.24 keys
14 JUL 2026 · 18:44 UTC
12.2 keys
10.6 keys
19 JUL 2026 · 22:44 UTC
14.9 keys
12.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 10:44 UTC
16.0 keys
13.9 keys
3 AUG 2026 · 21:12 UTC
16.0 keys
13.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 15:11 UTC
20.2 keys
17.5 keys
19 AUG 2026 · 20:10 UTC
20.4 keys
17.7 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:09 UTC
20.1 keys
17.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.5 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 06:09 UTC
20.3 keys
17.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 10:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 12:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
24 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 02:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.5 keys
25 AUG 2026 · 22:09 UTC
20.2 keys
17.6 keys
27 AUG 2026 · 08:09 UTC
20.3 keys
17.6 keys
28 AUG 2026 · 09:36 UTC
20.3 keys
17.7 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 18:10 UTC
20.4 keys
17.7 keys
Price history in numbers
25 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Shimmering Fireworks Throttlehead's sell price ranged from 20.1 keys to 20.4 keys and is up 1.1% after 13 moves. Over a year it ranged from 7.18 keys to 26.8 keys (down 23.8%). Today's 20.4 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 7.18 keys (29 Jun 2026) and the highest 26.8 keys (30 Sep 2025). The price has moved 24 times since we began recording it — about once every 14 days.