When I said "And there I was in heaven, all sorts of porn that today would be laughed and then porno gold were laid out in front of me. "
It was porno gold AKA 1966 style.
B/W pics were the largest part of sales, which was where I started my model career. The sets of five to ten pictures sold for $8, half back on return if in the original condition.
To make it for customers they were different boxes for different niches. Solo Girl, Lesbian and boy girl. Spanking and big tits also had their own boxes. There were also books that went into niche content a bit deeper. Schoolgirls, legs, and those above. Of course with pictures as well but mostly text. 90% of the content had a very amateur feel to it. From shooting, printing to sales. Didn't matter the sales were still huge. There was no question of not buying if your particular niche wasn't there. They bought anyway.
There were very few films available.
Not me, as it was published in 1966 and it wasn't until 1967 that I did films. Still, as I maintain nothing much has changed in porn. Change the style, image quality and shave the models and you have 2016 porn.
The problem with films was getting film processed, not easy in the UK so most of the films were from Europe. They were hard to get and collectors were reluctant to return them, only regular customers were shown them.
The problem was pricing, the porn then was priced on the basis 50% of the first sale would pay the cost of buying wholesale, with 75% of the content coming back, with a 50% credit on that day's sales. So the content could be resold over and over again until it disappeared. Selling a set 10 times was normal. Add the volume and a shop that turned over $500,000 a year was normal. The profit margin was huge.
Selling a film once that was expensive to buy would put it out of my customers reach. Selling tickets to back room projection could make more in a day than a film would ever make by selling it.
My job then was to sort the images into sets, niches, and price them. took a few home with me for later perusal. And working as a back room projectionists. Strange atmosphere in a room with 20 men jerking off led me to discover I wasn't gay.
The pay was awesome. Weeks wages for an evening's work.
The film I showed is still available.
Climax Films - Little Girl Lost (1966) - myclasic