The phrase "has passed hands" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to describe a change in ownership or possession of something. Example: The antique vase, which once belonged to a wealthy family, has passed hands several times over the years and is now owned by a collector.
Then sold for the equivalent of €700,000, it has passed hands four times since and was last on the market for more than 8m euros.
"It's a very unique place, where people of all different sorts of backgrounds become the same". The store has passed hands a few times, with the namesake first selling it to William Martin, an employee, in 1946.
FileFront has passed hands before.
Since its closure ownership has passed hands many times and it has been subject to a series of proposals for its redevelopment which have all proved fruitless.
Though it has passed hands several times in its history, the building has consistently housed the same types of businesses it was originally constructed for.
But Mr. Viola, the M.P.S. chief executive, said Monday that no evidence had emerged that illicit money had passed hands.
A spokesman did not provide a response when asked whether money had passed hands but said that all payments would have been reported.
Western buyers purchase antiquities at depressed prices after they have passed hands from looters, smugglers or middlemen, creating greater incentive to loot and smuggle.
Their sole option was moving to the battered trailer next door that had passed hands in Faye's family over and over until it was empty and rusting with bent underpinnings and insulation peeking through holes in the walls.
Twice, Mr. Obama's motorcade has passed a hand-painted roadside sign with the words "No Keystone" — a reference to the pipeline and a reminder that this is a place of Democratic proclivities.
Now that power has passed into American hands.
