Guns N' Roses RIAA Platinum album award for their debut album Appetite For Destruction, which was released on Nov. 30, 1988. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Mar. 1, 1989 for one million copies sold.

The album added hit "Patience", which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, to the band's resume, along with fan favorite "Used To Love Her". This is the group's last album to include drummer Steven Adler, who departed in 1990. The album reached #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. By 1995 the album reached RIAA certified sales of five million.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum album award with LP and cassette
• In VG to Excellent condition
• Award made sometime after 1998
• Has been rebacked
  
• Award measures approx. 17" x 21"
• Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
• Awesome collector's item for any Guns N' Roses fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured after 1998 when this style of RIAA award was made. That makes this award approx. 24 years old. It is presented to Baret Lepejian, whose family owned a photography business in L.A. serving the music and motion picture industries.

This award is in VG to Excellent condition with only a very minor mar or two on the frame and plexiglass. It 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.