[HPforGrownups] Re: Enchanted Items

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 144359

Geoff Bannister wrote:
> Geoff:
> Dumbledore knew about it because he passed it on - there's no 
> assumption, it's canon.
> 
> 'When he had found his voice again, Harry said "And the Invisibility 
> Cloak - do you know who sent it to me?"
> "Ah - your father happened to leave it in my possession and I thought 
> you might like it." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Useful things... your 
> father used it mainly for sneaking off to the kitchens to steal food 
> when he was here."'

Bart:
	Thanks. However, it doesn't answer my question about WHY these things 
are both so valuable and valued so little, at the same time.

> It suggests that the Potter family were well-off and able to afford 
> something which was hard to come by. I suspect no one tried to steal it 
> from him because it would be so easily recognisable. It wouldn't do to 
> be caught sneaking round Hogwarts in it when there is only one on the 
> premises...

Bart:
	However, seeing how much of a pain in the butt the invisibility cloak 
is, why didn't Malfoy arrange for it to be destroyed?

	Frankly, it appears that enchanted items exist solely for the purpose 
of furthering the plot. Once again, given what Fred and George have come 
up with, the creation of enchanted items does not appear to normally be 
a highly valued skill, yet enchanted items appear to be simultaneously 
useful and rare.

	Any theories?

	Bart