Over 40,000 images from the waylaid Fairfax Archives are up for auction, featuring over 2,500 individual players from the last hundred years, including photos of the All Blacks' 1925 Invincibles Tour.
As of yet, no library or archive has indicated they will step in to purchase the collection.
AUT history professor Dr Paul Moon says the photos represent an irreplacable visual record of New Zealand's sporting history, and is concerned the collection will fall into private ownership.
He joins Mark Leishman.
1924 All Blacks Invincibles. Photo: Fairfax archive (free use)
