Wheels of Fortune
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Twenty-five thousand people were on their feet cheering when Sean Kiernan stopped being the owner of the only surviving 1968 Mustang fastback from Steve McQueen’s movie, Bullitt. As the gavel met the sounding board Jan. 10, Mecum Auctions’ Matt Moravec announced that lot F150 was “Sold for $3.4 million!” and the Tennessee family suddenly had a very comfortable nest egg.
That hammer clap also marked the end of a 30-year-long journey that Kiernan and I — through a weird chain of coincidences and pure luck — had
