Sirius' wand

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 79329

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tuck668" <tuck668 at y...> wrote:
> While rereading OOP, I had this sudden revelation about Sirius. (I 
> apologize profusely if this has been discussed. I've tried 
searching 
> but the search engine is a bit iffy. If it has been discussed, I 
> would be incredibly grateful if someone could point me toward those 
> posts.)
> 
> When a wizard goes to Azkaban, especially for a life sentence, I 
> assumed that their wand was broken, or at least confiscated in some 
> way. Yet, in OOP, Sirius has a wand and it is never mentioned how 
he 
> got it.
> 
> This could just be a minor detail that isn't worth explaining, but 
> it has been bugging me for a few days. It seems unlikely to me that 
> someone else bought him a wand, as it is, after all, the wand that 
> chooses the wizard. 
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> -Anna

It's a little detail that bugged me, too.  Evidently however Sirius 
got a wand is irrelevant to the story.  I've read the other two 
responses, so I won't repeat them. 

Now, if SIrius' wand was confiscated by the Ministry at the time of 
his imprisonment, how would he get it back? Perhaps an OoP member 
like Kingsley could have wandered off to the evidence room, or where 
ever they keep prisoners' personal possessions,  and rummaged through 
the boxes until he found Sirius' stuff. He gets the wand and brings 
it to 12 Grimmauld Place.

On the other hand, we don't know that it's Sirius' wand from his pre-
Azkaban days.  It's a wand, it's in his possession, therefore it's 
his.  Perhaps there's a black market on Knockturn Alley where, for a 
price, one can purchase wands that have been lost or stolen.  Of 
course, the match between wizard and wand would not necessarily be a 
good one, but, on the other hand, if the wand was for someone who was 
supposed to stay locked up in a house, then maybe the match would not 
have been as important.  And, if that's the case, Sirius wouldn't 
have even had to be the one to skulk into Knockturn Alley to buy it.  
Mundungus could have been the buyer.  He certainly seems to get 
involved in some rather shady business transactions.

Just some random thoughts...

Marianne