# Purple gloves price

> Purple gloves Grand Exchange price right now (398 gp), with buy and sell prices, 24h volume, our own price history, buy limit, high alch profit and the GE tax.

Canonical: https://osrsgrandexchange.com/items/purple-gloves
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Free-to-play item. Item id 2942.

Examine: “These will keep my hands warm!”

## Price now

Prices as of 2026-11-02 00:20 UTC.

**Purple gloves is 54% below its 30-day average.**

Possible merch: over the last day buyers paid far more than sellers took. Prices like this can collapse quickly.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Price | 398 gp |
| 90-day range (daily averages) | 330–1,844 gp |
| 30-day average | 860 gp |
| Change 24h / 7d / 30d | – / -51.9% / -61.5% |
| Instant buy | 735 gp (2026-10-30 08:26 UTC) |
| Instant sell | 60 gp (2026-10-30 08:19 UTC) |
| Volume 24h | 206 |
| 1h average buy / sell | 555 / – gp |
| 24h average buy / sell | 583 / 180 gp |
| Buy limit (4h) | 150 |

## Selling

- GE tax each: 14 gp
- You receive: 721 gp
- Flip margin after tax: 661 gp
- Per buy limit: 99,150 gp

## High alchemy

- High alch value: 300
- Low alch value: 200
- Profit per cast: -587 gp

Buying one at the instant-buy price plus a nature rune; fire runes assumed from a staff.

## Purple gloves price, last 7 days

Hourly averages from our own history.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 26, 2026 (first point) | 789 | 750 |
| Oct 30, 2026 (last point) | 555 | – |

Range plotted: 60 to 923 gp, over 81 points.

## Purple gloves price history

Daily averages. Since Apr 8, 2026 the lowest daily sell average was 117 gp and the highest buy average 3,054 gp.

|  | Instant-buy average | Instant-sell average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apr 8, 2026 (first point) | 1,867 | 1,462 |
| Oct 31, 2026 (last point) | 583 | 180 |

Range plotted: 117 to 3,054 gp, over 207 points.

## Questions

### How much is Purple gloves worth in OSRS?

About 398 gp right now on the Grand Exchange: the last instant buy was 735 gp and the last instant sell 60 gp. Over the last 24 hours 206 were traded.

### What is the GE buy limit for Purple gloves?

150 every 4 hours.

### Is Purple gloves worth high alching?

High alchemy gives 300 coins. Buying one at 735 gp plus a nature rune makes that a 587 gp loss per cast right now.

### How much tax do you pay selling Purple gloves?

14 gp each at 735 gp (2%, rounded down, capped at 5m per item), so you receive 721 gp.

Item id 2942. Prices update every five minutes.

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- [GE tax calculator](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/ge-tax-calculator)
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- [How we get prices](https://osrsgrandexchange.com/about)