One of what's thought to be only six working Apple 1 computers -- hand-built by Steve Wozniak -- flies out of a German auction house for a tidy sum. The last one went for $640,000. One of what's believed to be only six still-working Apple 1 computers set a record at auction Saturday, selling for $671,400 in Germany. The machine, built by Steve "The Woz" Wozniak in Steve Jobs' parents garage back in 1976, was sold along with the original owner's manual and a signed letter from Jobs to original owner Fred Hatfield. Breker, the German auction house that handled the sale, sold another Apple 1 in December for $640,000, a substantial jump in price from the Apple 1 sold by Sotheby's in New York last June for $374,500.

Auctioner Uwe Breker said the appeal of the machine went far beyond the realm of geekery.

"It is a superb symbol of the American dream," he told The New York Times' Bits blog. "You have two college dropouts from California who pursued an idea and a dream, and that dream becomes one of the most admired, successful, and valuable companies in the world."

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 If you are a retourning visitor you know the Apple Macintosh eBay pages. Since five years there has been also a Commodore Section at myoldmac.net where i offered some of my collectors items. Because I sold most of my vintage Commodore gems I changed the pages to a Commodore Locator. You can search for Commodore PET, VIC-20, C-64, C128k, Amiga Computer and their periphery. Have a look to the updated Commodore pages and check back often.

I am using the Commodore PET Font as headline font, many thanks to Rebecca Bettencourt at www.kreativekorp.com !