author: Bart Swiatek
CS:GO - Weapon Skin Sold for Record Price of $100,000
According to user ohnePixel, a Chinese collector paid 100 thousand dollars for StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This is the most expensive item of its kind in history.
IN A NUTSHELL:
- Chinese collector purchased the StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin for CS:GO for $100,000;
- The buyer is ready to sell it for 130,000 dollars
- It is probably the most expensive cosmetic item in the history of this game;
- One of the reasons for the popularity of the skinis the very rare iBUYPOWER Katowice 2014 sticker.
Well versed in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive economy, Twitter user ohnePixel reported in an entry that a very rare StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin was recently purchased for an astronomical price of $100,000. The digital item was to be purchased by a Chinese collector.
Interestingly, the buyer is ready to sell the skin for even more - for 130 thousand dollars. However, even the amount of 100 thousand dollars is more than enough to set a record. So far the most expensive cosmetic item sold in CS:GO was the Souvenir AWP (Dragon Lore) skin, worth over 61 thousand dollars.
Interestingly, one of the reasons why the StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin is so expensive is... the iBUYPOWER Katowice 2014 sticker, which dates back to the times when CS:GO's fanbase was much smaller. Items like this are among the rarest we can get. For comparison, the price of a normal StatTrak M4A4 (Howl) skin - without these stickers - is 5180 dollars. The second factor influencing the price is the chaotic and crazy nature of the Chinese collector market.
