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Frank Kovanda

Highest auction price

£1,507

Auction price history
Type Details Sold Price
Viola Bow S/E 74.5 g. Fri 1st July 2011 £734
Violin Bow 53.0 g. Mon 1st February 2010 £693
Violin Bow S/E 54.5 g. with no hair or lapping Mon 1st May 2006 £920
Viola Bow G/T 72.0 g. Sat 1st October 2005 £1,507
Cello Bow S/E 76 g. Wed 1st November 2000 £466
Violin Bow G/E 61 g. Tue 1st March 1994 £747
Violin Bow S/E 66 g. Tue 1st March 1994 £713
Violin Bow S/E 59 g. Tue 1st March 1994 £505
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Tue 1st March 1994 £414
Violin Bow S/E 53 g. Tue 1st March 1994 £322
Cello Bow S/E 77 g. Thu 1st April 1993 £575
Viola Bow G/E 67 g. Thu 1st April 1993 £805
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Thu 1st April 1993 £575
Violin Bow S/E 62 g. Thu 1st April 1993 £575
Viola Bow G/T 72 g. Sun 1st January 1984 £1,138
Biographies

John Dilworth

KOVANDA, Frank Born 1904 Chicago USA. Bow maker. Worked for John Hornsteiner and William Lewis 1921-1945 before establishing his own shop in Los Angeles. Fine French models; several hundred made. Branded: F. KOVANDA [Wenberg]

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