15th January was marked as the day that the most expensive CS:GO skin ever went on sale with the cost of $150,000, which has broken the world’s record. This happens when “ROFL”, a popular name in the CS:GO skin trader community, set up a deal to sell his friend’s “Case Hardened AK-47 (ST MW 661)” skin with 4 “Titan | Katowice 2014” stickers for a shocking price - $150,000 (approximately Rs 1.1 crore).
Any fans who have played CS:GO for quite a long time can surely understand how large the CS:GO skin trading market is. Players often go there to look for their favorite skins, get rid of duplicates or simply to get other things on Steam with the money earned from there. Some see the potential of gaining huge profits from skin trading, therefore build their own business.
One of the typical examples of how big this skin trading market is recently is the $150,000 deal made by “ROFL” with his friend’s exclusive CS:GO skin “Case Hardened AK-47 (ST MW 661) that includes 4 “Titan | Katowice 2014” stickers.
This has helped it to officially reach the top 1 expensive CS:GO skin in the world, six months after the ultra-rare CS:GO skin “StatTrak M4A4 Howl” with 4 iBUYPOWER Katowice 2014 stickers was put on sale by a Chinese dealer which came with a price of $100,000. He was even told to possibly have the skin reappeared on the market with about $130,000, however, there is still no official information about this up to now.
According to a well-known CS:GO expert, gave out more details about the “ROFL” deal, which included the fact that the luxury skin was sold out in just two days of broadcast advertisement.
Even “ROFL” posted extra information about the deal, which is about the $150,000 skin being one of many rare skins that he’s currently selling for his friend. Those skins include:
- Factory New Dragon Lore - $8,250
- Factory New Medusa - $3,000
- Factory New Hot Rod + 4 iBP Holo - $30,000
- Factory New Howl (ST) - $40,000
- Complete Katowice 2014 Sticker Collection - Variable