https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-We...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Bidding war, or would someone actually pay $3k for that?
Bidding war, or would someone actually pay $3k for that?
Cash sitting in your Grandma's basement.
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Jon Tofte
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There are some VERY serious kettle collectors out there with resources to match their enthusiasm. I agree with DaveW regarding the very unusual aspects of this particular kettle. The combination makes this one probably the finest one like it left in existence. Not that I could ever pay anything like that, but if you have a lot of $ and the passion for it, this would be an extremely sort after item - as it's final selling price confirms.
Even more available and lesser condition grills fetch some high prices these days. Particularly yellow, old glen blue and some other long extinct colors. Special versions like the "Ranger" - basically a kettle mounted on a wheelbarrow - also are highly in demand.
Even more available and lesser condition grills fetch some high prices these days. Particularly yellow, old glen blue and some other long extinct colors. Special versions like the "Ranger" - basically a kettle mounted on a wheelbarrow - also are highly in demand.
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Jon Tofte
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Probably never will happen because the size and complexity doesn't lend itself to accumulating like you can do with a bunch of kettles. Still, I do think that someday the very first Genesis grills might see some increase in value as they become impossible to find. I don't think we are too many years away from that. Member Mark Siegel seems to keep coming across some great ones thanks in part to his AZ dry climate. (At least he let fellow Arizonan Rich Dahl get one, too!) But other than the dry southwest, there can't be too many of the mid-80s Genesis grills still intact. There was a time if you had an old Macintosh computer you just thought "Oh well, I guess it can be flower pot." Try buying an original Macintosh today!
I wonder what this Weber gas grill prototype would be worth if found?
https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/be...-the-creators-of-the-genesis/weber-30515.html
Rich Dahl
R.I.P. 7/21/2024
Yeah I was thrilled to get my coco colored gen 2. About 265 miles round trip, but when I saw it and called and he still had it Barb and I were out the door. Looking forward to starting the restore, but will have to wait until Barb is done with her radiation treatments which start next week. I will just be the caretaker of a great piece of history and hopefully when I'm gone my son will take it over and take good care of it. Then his son will do the same.
Jon Tofte
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That is why I, and I am sure all of us here, are so glad that you will be it custodian
! We will all be pulling and praying for you both that treatments go well for Barb. You have the classic Genny safe and sound for now. First things first.
Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
I wonder what this Weber gas grill prototype would be worth if found?
https://www.weber.com/US/en/blog/be...-the-creators-of-the-genesis/weber-30515.html
Yeah, that would be a treasure! It is especially interesting because while you can see the future Genesis when you look at the hood, it was from before they came up with the idea to give it a slanted front. From a style viewpoint, that angle and the shiny colors of the porcelain hoods I think is what helped the Genesis stand out and become the gas grill to dream of owning when you saw them on display next to the typical ugly things it was competing against at the time.