An online auction of rare original press photos of the royal family in New Zealand closes on Thursday night, but the cautionary tale of the fate of millions of Australasian prints has a few more episodes to run. Fairfax/Supplied One of the images of Princess Diana among royal press photos being auctioned by Webb's. The New Zealand collection from now Stuff-owned titles such as The Dominion Post, The Press, the Sunday Star-Times, and historic mastheads, is mixed in with the far larger Australian collection. Fairfax/Supplied A photo of Prince Charles in NZ in 1983, part of a collection of former Fairfax archive prints being auctioned by Webb's. “This pictorial archive is a treasure-trove, documenting royal tours from the early days of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, through to 1990,” said Webb’s head of art Charles Ninow.

Source: Stuff June 09, 2021 17:00 UTC