Sirius revisited

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No: HPFGUIDX 104788

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "smartone564" <smartone56441070 at a...> 
wrote:
> Kneasy wrote:
> 
> > The money - didn't JKR say that he'd inherited it? Or has my 
> memory
> > gone wonky again?
> 
> I believe that if you consult you QTA book, this might be solved.  
> Near the beginning, when discussing the evolution of Quidditch, 
> but particularly the Sndiget to Snitch transition, someone (cannot 
> remember his name) is described as INVENTING the Golden 
> Snitch, and that his papers were with a PRIVATE COLLECTOR 
> (whereas every other important/referenced document was at the 
> Museum of Quidditch or w/e its called).  Initially, I thought nothing 
> of this, as you probably do right now.  However, this person 
> lived/worked at GODRIC'S HOLLOW, and it seems to me that DD 
> has quite a number of valuable possessions (like JAMES's 
> cloak).  I believe someone could amasse a fortune with the WW 
> patent on the Snitch, as it is a most popular game, and the 
> Snitch being an important part.
> 

Kneasy:
It was Bowman Wright.
But I think it'd be difficult to make much of a living off the patent,
how many GSs are used in a year? And aren't they re-usable?

Anyway, I found the reference that I was looking for:
19th Oct 2000 AOL chat  with JKR.

Q: What did James and Lily do when alive?

A: Well, I can't go into too much detail [...] But James inherited plenty
of money so he didn't need a well-paid profession.

He was loaded; and since JKR has also said that we'll only learn a
little bit more about his parents there's a chance  we'll never learn
how the money was originally accumulated.

> Smart:
> Well, IMO invisibility cloaks are rare since the OotP seems to 
> have two, both of the Moody's (who had to use his backup when 
> the member [what was his name?!? argh] got caught with 
> Moody's other).  This seems like a rare item, and how useful can 
> a cloak be when a similar effect is already on you?  Canon: could 
> be looking in their window and never see them (but I am lazy, so 
> I don't know who said this, nor when, but I believe it was in OotP).
> 

Kneasy:
It's the house, the address that's made 'invisible' - which  is OK if you
happen to stay inside it. 
But if you ever want to step outside, an Invisibility Cloak would be 
damn useful, don't you think?