Hemmings Daily: Golden Sahara, Kookie T each sell for six-figure sums at auction

Prior to selling off the late Jim Street's collection, which included two of the most iconic -- and largely unseen for decades -- mid-century custom cars, Mecum Auctions declined to offer pre-auction estimates for the Kookie T and the Golden Sahara, noting that their sales would prove unprecedented. Still, nobody figured the cars would sell cheap, and in the end the latter hammered for $350,000 while the former sold for $440,000. The more expensive of the two, the Kookie T, saw its first glimpse of fame in April [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Tuesday, May 22, 2018 [Golden Sahara, Kookie T each sell for six-figure sums at auction]( [Golden Sahara, Kookie T each sell for six-figure sums at auction]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Prior to selling off the late Jim Street's collection, which included two of the most iconic -- and largely unseen for decades -- mid-century custom cars, Mecum Auctions declined to offer pre-auction estimates for the Kookie T and the Golden Sahara, noting that their sales would prove unprecedented. Still, nobody figured the cars would sell cheap, and in the end the latter hammered for $350,000 while the former sold for $440,000. The more expensive of the two, the Kookie T, saw its first glimpse of fame in April ... 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