RIAA Platinum Album award for Faith No More album The Real Thing. Released on June 20, 1989, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Sept. 26, 1990 for one million copies sold.

The group's third album contained the hit "Epic", which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, "From Out Of Nowhere", and "Fall To Pieces". The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and charted in several other countries worldwide.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum Album award
• First presentation award from 1990
• Presented to record promotion executive
• In VG condition
• Award measures approx. 17" x 21 "
• RIAA "R hologram" awards were made from 1990-97
• Great collector's item for any Faith No More fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured sometime in 1990. That makes this award approximately 34 years old. It is presented to Michael Papale, who was in radio promotion and also at Interscope.

The award is in VG condition with only minor mars on the frame and plexiglass, and a very small tear on the bottom left of the matte. The frame on this award was replaced with another frame from the "R hologram" RIAA award era and the original back with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker placed back on.

Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards like this one: 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.