Malfoy Money/Lucius at Borgin's

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 47374

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "meira_q" <mb2910 at h...> wrote:
<SNIP> This might be possible, but I still think that they are 
swimming in 
> gobs and gobs of money. 
> *thinks of Draco's high-quality school robes, for example* 
> 
<SNIP> Although they are filthy rich, I don't think that money is 
the 
> primary reason why they would choose to follow Voldie. 
> 
> Besides, if they indeed are loaded, it would give a nice touch 
> of "Narcissa married Lucius just because of his fortune" ;-)

I've always taken the description of the Malfoys at face value, and 
assumed that they were rich too.  One reason might be that Malfoy is 
always sneering at Ron's poverty - it just seems unlikely he'd 
hazard a taunt that could be turned right back on himself. As for 
Narcissa, I would assume that she probably also comes from an old, 
probably rich, wizarding family, and theirs might have even been a 
quasi-"arranged" marriage, a sort of alliance of dynasties, as often 
used to happen among aristocratic families.

I do wonder, though, why Lucius would go to the trouble of *selling* 
his Dark Arts things in CoS, instead of just destroying them.  It 
doesn't seem likely that he needs the money - is he the penny-
pinching type, who doesn't like to waste anything?  Or is there a 
limited stock of such items in the world, and if they disappear, 
will it damage the cause of "dark wizardry"?  It's just a thing 
that's always struck me as a bit "low" for someone as lofty as 
Lucius to do, haggling with Mr. Borgin.

Wanda