There were postings on the bay for brand new in box never used Genesis Silver or Gold C for upwards of $1500. Marginally worth it.
Not worth it to me, either, any more than that Kettle. The thing is, though, extra nice rare color/style Weber kettles DO sell for those stratospheric prices
. And if there is a special one that looks ugly but can be cleaned up, it is snapped up by a Kettle collector in a flash. I don’t see that happening with any Genesis gas grills, even the very first ones or Jr.s or other special models. They do appear for sale from time to time, but they generally don’t command big prices or rapid sales.
One difference, I guess, is that a kettle is relatively small and simple. You can keep a billiards table worth of different colors in your garage - quite a few collectors DO!:
Also, they go way further back and the kettle is still the iconic logo of Weber. So, they have more of a cult following.
I like kettles and am blessed to have a nice MBH (metal bowl handle) red kettle and a couple “flat-top” 26ers. My real passion, though, is still Weber gas grills. I wish I had space and money to collect them like some of our Weber Kettle Club friends accumulate kettles.
It is probably a good thing I don’t
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