Biographical Background & Qualifications

Intl. Society of Appraisers
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers

Trina McCandless

Business
Owner since 1980, McCandless Custom Jewelry
Designer, goldsmith, independent appraiser

Education
BFA Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Fine and Applied Arts
The School for American Crafts

GG Graduate Gemologist
Gemological Institute of America

ISA CAPP International Society of Appraisers

Memberships
ISA CAPP, Certified Member
Past Chair of Gems and Jewelry Division International Society of Appraisers

NAJA CSM, Certified Senior Member
National Association of Jewelry Appraisers

AGA Accredited Senior Gemologist
Accredited Gemologists Association

GIA Alumni and Associates

The American Society of Jewelry Historians

MJSA, Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths of America

SNAG, Society of North American Goldsmiths