The first Cobra that I saw was owned by professional golfer Ken Venturi. He lived around the corner from me when I was growing up in Menlo Park, CA. We also had a neighbor who lived a couple of houses away that had a 289 Cobra.
Here's a post I made back in 2006 with some of the details.
Carroll Shelby Tribute thread. Be a part of it.
I did a Google search and found a page from a 1997 Christie's auction where the car sold for $222.5K
1965 A.C. SHELBY COBRA 427