Matthew Weiner, the creator and executive producer of the multi-award-winning series Mad Men, works from this desk in his office at Los Angeles Center Studios, where many of the show’s scenes are shot. The fourth season of Mad Men, which won the 2009 Emmy for outstanding drama series, will premiere on July 25 on AMC.

Betty Draper at her drunkest and toughest. The chip-and-dip was a wedding gift of Pete and Trudy Campbell's in Season One. Originally it was a wedding gift of his parents'. Peggy Olson in her first nonvirgin nightgown. His son Charlie did these crazy crabs in the style of R. Crumb. This was the first of many articles to misidentify David Chase as the creator of Mad Men. A bust of Ludwig van Beethoven. Fog Cutter mugs from the old Trader Vic's in the Beverly Hilton. Don Draper's Cadillac. A birthday card from his son Marten. The BAFTA Mad Men won in 2009. He discovered this Ericofon at the Rose Bowl swap meet. He thought it was rare. Turns out it's not. Weiner won the award for outstanding international producer at the Monte Carlo Television Festival last year. Linda Brettler, his wife, found this period anatomy model, complete with too much makeup and perfectly coiffed hair, at a teachers' supply store. Weiner's datebook. He prefers everything on paper. A photo of Jack Lemmon during the Christmasparty scene in The Apartment. This album is the first thing Weiner found that ripped off the typeface and look of Mad Men. He considered suing, but was too flattered. A commemorative pen set of Dealey Plaza made weeks after the assassination of J.F.K. His favorite snack is plain M&M's. Before the Mad Men series premiere, Weiner's son Marten gave him a silver fortune cookie with a personalized fortune: "Your dreams for work will go higher than expectation could be." Photos of each of his four boys, who range in age from 6 to 13. Rolling cigarette dispenser and lighters. Sterling Cooper's top client: Lucky Strike. A Tibetan prayer horn.