RIAA Platinum Album award for Hole album Celebrity Skin. Released on Sept. 8, 1998, it was certified Platinum on Dec. 21, 1998 for one million copies sold.

The group's third and final album, Courtney Love worked to include collaborations with several other artists and players including Billy Corgan and Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins), Deen Castronovo (Journey), Charlotte Caffey (The GoGos) and others. The album reached #9 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, featuring the singles "Awful", "Malibu" and the title track. The album also charted in numerous other countries.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum Album award
• In VG to Excellent condition
• First presentation award from 1998
• Presentation to record industry executive
• All original with manufacturer sticker
  
• Award measures approx. 27" x 18.5"
• Known as a RIAA "serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
• Great collectors item for Hole fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured in 1998 making it 24 years old. This award is presented to a former marketing and promotion executive who worked at EMI Capitol Records. Their name has been obscured in the photos only for privacy.

This award in VG to Excellent condition with only minor wear on the frame and a few mars on the plexiglass. It is all original with Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.

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.