May be a fake, but I wouldn't mind displaying one of those in my living room. :D
I have the real thing in my living room. :teeth:
So does Steve.
I saw that on your MySpace. I'm green with envy. :mrgreen:
Another thing about the real ones, Gregg handed those out personally plus they're signed, while that one has been no where near him. The only official US awards are the RIAA marked Gold & Platinum and the internal use only MCA marked Gold & Platinum awards. They all look exactly the same apart from the respective name plate colours and either RIAA/MCA logo plates. Single awards may have been issued too. Other international awards may have been issued if sales hit the right levels to warrant one. Here in the UK awards are issued for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, for both singles and albums. No matter what awards were issued all should have official logos of both the record company and the award issuers. Vanity awards carry neither otherwise they'd be prosecuted for fraud and copyright issues.
Ethan has just bought that fake and sadly I very much doubt he knows what he's just bought. Steve paid half that price for his real one.
Yea, I realized about 5 minutes after I bought it that it was fake. I'm refusing to pay the guy and I am willing to take the one bad feedback if needed.
You have to be really careful with awards, there's some even harder to spot copies out there than this one. Some even carry the RIAA logo but issued as a limited numbered run. Any award listed with a limited edition number, usually ###/500 or 1000 is a money spinning con by the respective artist's holding company and still fake. Perfect examples are Elvis and Beatles gold discs. That's not to mention actual forgeries of RIAA awards, but that's policed by the RIAA themselves and only effect the top artists anyway. Anyone considering buying an award should take the time to search eBay for all awards not just the band you're after and study the various official types and sadly the current fake cons. In the long run it'll help you spot the fakes a mile off. Another thing you'll see is the award dealers trawling for bargains at silly low prices and later instantly reselling them at extreme prices. Another tip is always check the award seller's other items, if they all look exactly alike apart from the band names and art start asking questions. Also checkout the RIAA website for both info on what awards were issued and their various official RIAA seal/logo art past and present. Note early RIAA awards all had a standard format, as explained on their website, but much later the format design was left open to the record companies. One design to check out is Lenny Kravitz's 5 award compared to any old 70's design.
This is a German promo shop cd rack display sign, about 5.5"x7". The reverse is plain white and the image is directly printed on the front. Top corners are rounded and it's made from 2mm thick plastic card.
This was in Uncut Magazine (UK) from May 1999.
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Article/interview here:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c227/crypticmouse/Magazine%20Articles/UncutMagazine.jpg
havent been round here in awhile love to see all the new discoverys anyone fill me in about that fake gold record?
