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past and the more recent peak in players with the new Counter-Strike 2 on the horizon. Related: CS:GO skins see massive price spikes as CS2\u2019s release approaches Simply put, there is no online marketplace like the one CS:GO has had over the past decade, and there\u2019s no better way to illustrate that than taking a look at some of the game\u2019s most expensive offerings.\u00a0 What are the most expensive skins in CS:GO? Souvenir Factory New AWP | Dragon Lore: $400,000+\u00a0 No better place to start such a heavy-hitting list than arguably the most iconic gun skin in all of Counter-Strike\u2014the AWP Dragon Lore. This stunning golden dragon-based skin resides in the 2014 Cobblestone Collection, one of the rarest skin collection cases to date. The Dragon Lore is the only covert or \u201cred\u201d labeled skin in the case, making it difficult to acquire at around a 0.64 percent chance. It gets even rarer when talking about the Souvenir version of the rarest AWP skin. Souvenir versions of skins, which include randomized golden player and team stickers, can only drop during CS:GO Major tournaments, and specifically from Cobblestone packages\u2014which no longer drop as the map has rotated out of the active duty pool. With the Dragon Lore being around for nearly a decade and its insane odds of pulling from its case, the price has only skyrocketed over the years. Currently, there is only one listed Souvenir Factory New AWP Dragon Lore for sale. As of early May, the biggest offer sits just north of $434,000. Life-changing money for one of the rarest skins in all Counter-Strike. Factory New Karambit | Case Hardened \u201cBlue Gem\u201d: $1.4-1.5 Million Now for the big guns, or knife in this case. Before discussing the monumental price tag, it is important to distinguish what a \u201cBlue Gem\u201d pattern is. Case Hardened skins have been around for a long time in CS:GO (and spoiler alert: this won\u2019t be the last one on this list). The skin type\u2019s allure comes down to its mix of colors on a gold casing surface. Each pattern type can produce thousands of different color patterns, but there is one specific pattern to rule them all. The \u201cBlue Gem\u201d pattern refers to a Case Hardened skin where the entirety of the visible skin is covered blue with no other color visible. This extremely rare pattern has a specific template in the CS:GO code for the Karambit Case Hardened, #387. This obviously super rare skin and pattern has become infamous in the Counter-Strike community partly due to its latest owner. A couple of years back, a Steam user known as Newb Rage purchased a Factory New Karambit Case Hardened with the Blue Gem pattern for about $100,000.\u00a0 Since then, with the CS skin market only growing more and more, and the Blue Gem Karambit becoming rarer and rarer, Newb Rage has received a multitude of offers. The most recent offer: an insane $1.2 million Euros, or around $1.5 million USD. Shockingly, Newb Rage turned the offer down, insisting the offer was too low. Regardless of whether or not Newb Rage took the offer, the precedent set by the sheer money proposed has skyrocketed the Blue Gem Karambit into the record books as the most expensive skin in Counter-Strike history. Factory New Sport Gloves | Pandora\u2019s Box: $69,000 What better way to hold that shiny new knife than with a pair of very expensive gloves? It is weird to think about, but glove skins have actually now been a part of CS:GO for six-and-a-half years. Since their release in Nov. 2016, a multitude of different hand wraps have slotted themselves into the CS skins market. That said, few have had a meteoric rise quite like the Pandora\u2019s Box pair.\u00a0 A Factory New pair of these gloves aren\u2019t Souvenir D-Lore rare, but still pretty hard to come by. Currently there are only thirteen factory-new pairs of Pandora\u2019s Box gloves available to purchase. Just a month ago the flashy purple hand wraps would run a buyer just north of $46,000; a bargain of a price in today\u2019s market. Like a multitude of skins in CS:GO right now, inflation due to the hype for CS2 has jacked up the price of Pandora\u2019s Box gloves. Currently, the lowest bid for these lucrative gloves sits around the $69,000 USD dollar mark. That is a 50-percent markup in just a month's time. If collectors are looking for one of the most expensive pairs of CSGO gloves, look no further. AK-47

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