The Cars RIAA Gold album award for their Greatest Hits album. The album, which was released in Oct. 1985, was certified Gold by the RIAA on Jan. 16, 1986 for 500,000 copies sold.

Containing a selection of hits from The Cars hugely successful career including "Let's Go", "Just What I Needed", "Since You're Gone", "Touch And Go", "You Might Think", "Drive", "Magic" and more. The release reached #12 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and new single "Tonight She Comes" hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

This is the first RIAA award for the album, which would go on to be certified 6x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA "flower hologram" Gold award with LP and cassette
• In VG condition
• First presentation award from 1986
• Presentation to artist manager and co-founder of Asylum Records
• All original components but has been rebacked
• Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
• Great collector's item for any fan of The Cars

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Gold album award that would have been manufactured in 1986, making this award approx. 35 years old. It is presented to artist manager Elliot Roberts, who managed at various times Neil Young, Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and The Cars, and in 1971 also co-founded Asylum Records with David Geffen.

In VG condition with excellent internals and only very minor mars on the frame and plexiglass. Award has been rebacked. 

Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.

As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.