AK-47 CSGO skin and knife retail for $500,000 while Counter-Strike skins skyrocket in price

❘ Published: 2023-04-16T13:23:16

❘ updated: 2023-04-16T13:23:51

The most expensive weapon skin in CS:GO sold for almost half a million dollars. The famous AK-47 Case Hardened skin with four titanium holos from Katowice 2014 is considered the most expensive skin in the game, excluding knives.

With Counter-Strike 2 on the horizon, the CS:GO skin market has exploded, with investors and collectors willing to pay increasingly higher prices for the rarest and most desirable items.

In March, another AK-47 skin sold for $160,000, the most expensive public sale at the time. But just a month later, another AK skin went on sale, this time for around $400,000.

The skin, a Tier 1 Case Hardened “Blue Gem” (meaning it has a pattern as blue as possible), was listed for sale by the previous owner in November 2022, meaning it took less than six months to find a buyer find.

Case Hardened 661 AK-47 sells for $400,000

CS:GO retailers and streamers zipeL acted as a middleman for the sale and mediated the buyer of Luksusbums, the current former owner.

The sale also included a knife, a Karambit Case Hardened “Blue Gem”, valued at approximately $100,000. This knife is the same as the famous $1.5 million Karambit (the most expensive CS:GO skin) except that it is in worn and not pristine condition, hence the price difference.

zipeL added, “To all those nerds who said come back to me when the AK sells for 400,000 you delusional zipel hello bitches” – indicating they’ve hit the number they wanted.

Why is this CSGO skin worth $400,000?

Why this skin is so expensive depends on a number of factors. Most case hardened AK-47 skins sell for just a few hundred dollars, there are a few features that make them unique.

First, it features pattern #661, which is considered the best pattern for skin as it has the “bluest” tint. It is also the best condition version of the 661 available, StatTrak Minimal Wear. There is no factory new version of StatTrak yet.

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This is officially the most expensive AK-47 skin in Counter-Strike.

But what takes this AK from a $150,000 skin to a $400,000 skin is the stickers attached. There are four Katowice 2014 Titan Holo decals on the gun, each worth about $60,000 today. They are the most expensive stickers in all of Counter-Strike.

The new owner is unknown, although such high-value items usually find their way into Chinese collectors’ inventories at some point.

Whoever they are, they’ll be hoping that the impending arrival of Counter-Strike 2 will push skin prices even higher. If so, who knows what value these items might reach over time.