Frank Passa

Highest auction price

£1,644

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin Bow	G/E 64 g.	Thu 1st December 2011	£1,020
Viola Bow	G/E 62.0 g. [Attributed to "Reid B. Kowallis"]	Thu 1st April 2010	£1,644
Violin Bow	G/E 57 g.	Thu 1st October 2009	£1,348
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£803
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£1,050
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£618
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£1,112
Viola Bow	G/E 73 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£926
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£988
Viola Bow	G/E 72 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£371
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£988
Viola Bow	G/E 77 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£371
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£1,050
Viola Bow	G/E 71 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£988
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£865
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£741
Violin Bow	G/E 61 g. San Francisco	Sat 1st March 2008	£741
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g. [Workshop of]	Mon 1st May 2006	£1,265
Violin Bow	G/E 62 g.	Sun 1st May 2005	£840
Violin Bow	G/E 63 g. unstamped [Workshop]	Thu 1st April 2004	£539
Violin Bow	G/E 63 g. stamped [Workshop]	Thu 1st April 2004	£741
Violin Bow	S/E 60 g.	Wed 1st May 1996	£451

Biographies

John Dilworth

PASSA, Frank Born 1916 New York, d.2001 Santa Rosa, California USA. Violin and bow maker. Pupil of S. F. Sacconi. Worked for Henry Ruping in Brooklyn 1938-1940. Studied bow making with Bernard Millant and Emile Ouchard c.1939. Established independently in New York 1940-1951 with a break for military service in 1943. Worked part-time for Emile Herrmann 1948-1951 under Sacconi. Joined Wurlitzer with Sacconi 1951-1958. Established independently in San Francisco 1958-1999. Made no bows after 1958, but concentrated on repair, restoration, and teaching. Bows branded: F. PASSA S. F. [Wenberg]