RIAA Platinum album award for Poison album Look What The Cat Dragged In, which was released on May 23, 1986. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on April 23, 1987 for one million copies sold.
The group's debut album produced the hits "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You" which all captured significant airplay on radio and MTV. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. It also did well in Australia, Canada and the UK. By 1990 the album had been certified 4x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for four million copies sold. See image above for the RIAA sales certifications of this album over the years*.
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Item Highlights:
- RIAA Platinum album award
- In VG condition
- First presentation award from 1987
- Presentation to radio station
- All original with manufacturer sticker
- Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
- RIAA "flower hologram" awards were made from 1986-89
- Great collectors item for a Poison fan
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Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured in 1987 which makes it approx. 36 years old. It is presented to radio station KWIC.
This award is in VG condition with only minor frame wear and mars on the plexiglass, and slight bubbling of the record label. It is complete with its' original Fitzgerald Hartley manufacturer sticker.
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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.
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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com