RIAA Platinum album award for Poison album Greatest Hits 1986-1996, which was released on Nov. 26 1996. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Feb. 17, 2000 for one million copies sold.

The group's first greatest hits album featured all their top tracks such as "Nothin' but a Good Time", "Talk Dirty to Me" Look What the Cat Dragged In", "Unskinny Bop", "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", "Fallen Angel", and more. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Catalog chart. It also did well in Canada and the UK. By 2005 the album was certified 2x Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for two million copies sold.

Item Highlights:

• RIAA Platinum album award
• In Excellent condition
• First presentation award from 2000
• Presentation to record label executive
• All original with manufacturer sticker
• Award measures approx. 17" x 17"
• Known as a "RIAA serial number hologram" award, they were made from 1998 to present
  
• Great collectors item for a Poison fan

Detailed Item Description: This is a first presentation RIAA Platinum award that would have been manufactured in 2000, which makes it approx. 24 years old. It 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 is in Excellent condition with only slight minor frame wear and mars on the plexiglass. It is complete with its' orginal Milestone Awards manufacturer sticker.

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.