The only thing I have besides The Columbo Phile and my VHS tapes is a framed photo of the lieutenant. I have it hanging along with a bunch of family photos. Only one person has ever noticed and commented on Columbo in my family.

Every once in a while someone will put an item on ebay that they claim is a prop from a Columbo episode. They are usually little things like a vase or an ashtray, and I have never recognized any of them. They must be things that were just part of the sets but not important to the episodes.

Greig, which Peter Falk sketches do you have?! Do you have photos that you can post here???

Laura, I got a couple of prints through Peter Falk's website. This one:

http://peterfalk.com/COLUMBOJust.htm

And his sketch of Einstein, which wasn't actually on sale as a print, but the person who runs the art sales for Peter got him to dig out the original and make a print from it. Very nice and helpful people.

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Greig, which Peter Falk sketches do you have?! Do you have photos that you can post here???

greig...all the stuff i have on peter is mostly john cassavetes related..not really columbo stuff. but hell! i have a lot of stuff!

I have a hard cover copy of the Columbo Phile signed by Peter Falk & his wife, William Link, Theodore Birkel and about another half dozen guest stars.

I also have a Video of Dailies taken from the episode "Strange Bedfellows" which contains a full day of shooting in and around Rod Steiger's house.

I have the original TV advertising for many of the original 45 episodes.

I have signed programs from the Museum os Televisions Paley Festeval from 1988 and 2003 where Columbo was showcased. I also have some video from both events.

I have critics screener prints of "It's all in the game", "Caution Murder can be hazardous to your health" and "Murder with too many notes".

I have 2 versions of the original NBC Mystery Movie opening.

I have scripts for many of the episodes.

I have more stuff too but these are what come to mind.

"I have a hard cover copy of the Columbo Phile signed by Peter Falk & his wife, William Link, Theodore Birkel and about another half dozen guest stars...and much more..."

Now we're talking!

So you're a bit of a fan, then, Rex?

That's not the biggest surprise of the week!

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greig...all the stuff i have on peter is mostly john cassavetes related..not really columbo stuff. but hell! i have a lot of stuff!

I don't have much, beyond a complete set of "Columbo" episodes, which I regard as more a tool of the web-authoring trade, than "memorabilia". That collection has evolved from home-made tapes, through getting all the Columbia House tapes, and then a full set of the NBC DVDs (Japanese knock-offs -- don't ask), then a very bad bootleg "64 episode" set, and finally of course the Universal box sets.

Other, misc. items include:

A large drawing of Columbo by Peter Falk, which hangs in my home office. I think it's a litho (webmaster Stephen Burns has an original), but it's personalized "To Ted, Thanks for everything, All the best, Peter".

Several letters from Peter Falk -- very funny and nice.

About 5 or 6 scripts for never-produced "Columbo" episodes, and some scripts for the familiar episodes, a few of them signed by Peter Falk.

A "Columbo watch" with Peter's drawing of Columbo on the face -- created by Peter as a gift for the cast and crew of one of the specials.

(Probably this doesn't count, but for years I have worn a Swiss Army watch, exactly the same model that Columbo wore in some of the later episodes.)

Personal memorabilia from my visit to "The View" -- ticket, big "Ashes to Ashes" pin, and Tootsie Roll pop handed out to audience members.

Supposed original prop from "Agenda For Murder" -- ID tag among those worn by the political supporters in the last scene.

Notebook of original doodles and sketches by Peter Falk.

An unusual scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings about "Columbo" from the 1970s, sent to me out of the blue by a fan who was cleaning house and wanted to give them a good home.

Copies of magazines with reviews or articles about this site -- "Entertainment Tonight", "Sherlock", a few others.

Original design coffee mug created by Steve Baratta, with a great Columbo photo-montage -- a beautiful item, and I think only a few exist.

Columbo Japanese phone-card.

4 or 5 models of the Peugeot 403, various sizes and manufacturers, including one customized by a fan to make it really look exactly like Columbo's car.

Numerous vintage Peugeot 403 brochures, ads and manuals (collected in preparation for the Scrapbook article, "Inside Columbo's Car").

Couple of dozen magazines or newspaper clippings with Columbo- or Falk-related articles.

Black-and-white autographed photo of Columbo, looking shrewd; early color photo of Columbo near the ambulance in "Prescription: Murder"; later color photo of Columbo leaning on the Peugeot.

Set of Columbo postcard-sized photos; 2 sets of humorous 1970s trading cards that include Columbo.

Vintage "Mad" and "Cracked" magazines with Columbo parodies.

Columbo poster sent by a fan in England.

Columbo baseball cap, with his face sewn into it (and "Just One More Thing" in the back); come to think of it, I have 2 (one to wear, one to preserve)

Tapes of several Columbo-parody comedies, and tapes or DVDs of some non-Columbo Peter Falk movies.

Legal pads of detailed notes of Columbo trivia, that I recorded back in the 1980s while watching the reruns on A&E. These notes later became the basis of most of what I've written of this site.

Hard-cover "The Columbo Phile", which is indispensable

Last but not least, I also have in my office one of those plaster statues of Columbo with the oversized head, made in the 1970s, which I got re-painted by an artist friend.

And probably more stuff that I'm forgetting. But certainly nothing like Rex's collection.


My main collection is just the vast Columbo computer archive of images and writings that occupies several Gigabytes of my computer.

Very impressive, Ted, as I expected. Good to see so many offbeat and unusual items featuring in these collections.

How about episodes of Trials of O'Brien? I picked up a VHS of the pilot from eBay and I've seen one or two other episodes available there, but it seems quite an elusive show. Has anyone pieced together a decent run of episodes?

Greig, I also have the "Trials of O'Brien" pilot that you mention, but nothing else from the series. As you say, it's pretty elusive.

i love hearing about everyone's collections....and ted..hey!!..that is why i call you the "Grand Maestro"!!
i have the trials of o'brien pilot also..the one with britt eckland...and good old nehemiah persoff..our beloved sweaty jesse jerome!!