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Check out this list of the top 10 highest prices attained by RIAA awards in the marketplace. These pieces of music memorabilia have clearly become very popular with collectors.

In this article we take a close look inside every detail of RIAA "white matte" awards, the style of RIAA awards made exclusively by the New York Frame & Picture Co. (NYF&P Co) from 1964 to 1974/early 1975 when the RIAA mandated a design change to the "floater" style.            1964-early 1975 RIAA "white matte" award (left/top), 1975-81 "floater" award (right/bottom) The purpose of this article is to help collectors of these awards know if a white matte award they may be considering is authentic. We thought long and hard before planning this article because we don't want...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! MAY 1: Sad news today - Gordon Lightfoot passed away age 84. He was a Canadian singer-songwriter known for his melodic folk and country music. He was born on November 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lightfoot began his career in the 1960s and released many successful albums throughout the years, including "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." His music often explored themes of love, loss, and the Canadian landscape. Lightfoot won numerous...

The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. Just a couple of highlights from this week in music history! APR 12: Born today in 1940, Herbie Hancock celebrates his 83rd birthday! The American pianist, keyboardist, and composer known for his contributions to jazz and hits like "Rockit" and "Watermelon Man."  APR 20: Today in 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo." It paved the way for the group to become international sensations!  Photo courtesy: AVRO [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en] Want more content like this? Subscribe to our free MusicGoldmine newsletter which comes out every two weeks. Go here to sign up. Be the...

Every once in a while we get a special call here at MusicGoldmine.com. One such day occured in early 2021 when a movie set decorator called us and said: "We're making a film about Whitney Houston, and we want some real awards for Clive Davis's office and Whitney's house sets." "We can help!" we said. And with that we pointed our caller to the nicest Whitney award we had in stock, which they purchased: So we were thrilled recently to see the award in the resulting late 2022 Sony Pictures film release Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance WIth Somebody. Not only is it a...