I came across this while moving. It was all carefully packaged up. I honestly forgot I had this which was a gift. What we have here is a Gold Record Award presented to Joseph Brooks. This is RIAA certified sales award. The plague says, ” Presented to Joseph Brooks To Commemorate The Sale Of More Than 500,000 Copies Of The Geffen Records 7″ Single and Cassette Single “Don’t Cry”. I have no idea who Jospeh Brooks is other than he was a famous composer with numerous awards that killed himself in NYC. The item “RIAA Gold Record Award to Guns N’ Roses Don’t Cry MINT” is in sale since Saturday, November 12, 2016. This item is in the category “Entertainment Memorabilia\Music Memorabilia\Rock & Pop\Artists G\Guns N’ Roses\Other Guns N’ Roses Mem”. The seller is “dchaves02″ and is located in Monroe, Connecticut. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, PA, TT, GT, HN, JM.