Queen: A complete set RIAA Gold Album Awards for the album ‘A Night at the Opera', 1970s,



individual awards presented to Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May, John Deacon and the band manager, in recognition of more than 500,000 copies sold in the USA, RIAA certified



NB: It is unusual for a complete set of awards to remain together as each person would have been given one to keep individually. These awards from the record company were due to be presented to the band during their USA tour however the show was cancelled due to Brian May contracting hepatitis as was the entire tour and the presentation never took place. The awards were stored and found 25 years later and have been kept together ever since.