price of wands/Possible question to pose to JKR

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 4052


> 
> I'm not surprised at all that wands would be expensive in Diagon 
> Alley. Ollivander's the only one selling them! Makes you wonder 
why  
> the Death Eaters didn't try to take over the ammunition base 
> first/kidnap Ollivander so no one else other than someone from the 
> Dark Side would have access to a wand.

Ollivander isn't the only one making wands. Someone named Gregorovich 
is also a well-known wand maker (GF18), and there are undoubtedly 
others as well. Ollivander is probably the most well-known in 
Britain, however, and probably the only wand seller in Diagon Alley. 

Steve Vander Ark
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