Catalogues and Advertising Material

This category covers printed material produced to promote glamour and adult‑market sales. It includes catalogues and leaflets advertising films, photographic prints, adult novelties, specialist accessories, as well as lingerie, clothing, self‑promotion, and services via contact magazines. Many of these items are valuable research material and a useful resource for collectors, or simply novelties from a time before the internet.

Contact Magazines
Adult contact magazines from the 1980s and 1990s occupied a distinct niche in the pre‑internet adult market. These publications blended explicit photo content, personal contact listings, amateur letters and contributions, fetish‑focused sections, and mail‑order services for specialist material. They functioned as early, print‑based social networks for adults with specific interests, offering a mix of softcore and hardcore imagery, community interaction, and classified advertising long before digital platforms existed.
Contact magazine pictures have a unique charm — real people in real places. Only specialist online forums and communities come close to capturing the same authenticity and appeal.