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WeFirst firstseen see this artifact inat [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Borgin and Burkes|Borgin and Burkes]], in [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Knockturn Alley|Knockturn Alley]]. [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]], having run into trouble on his first trip using [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Floo Powder|Floo Powder]] for the first time, endsaccidentally uplands in Borgin and& Burke's. As he is preparingprepares to exit, he sees [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Draco Malfoy|Draco Malfoy]] preparingand tohis enter.father, Harry[[Muggles' hides;Guide itto isHarry whilePotter/Characters/Lucius heMalfoy|Lucius isMalfoy]], hiddenentering thatthe heshop. hearsHarry Borginhides answeringand Draco'soverhears questionBorgin aboutexplaining the Hand of Glory and its function. Borgin says that itIt is, thehe bestsays, frienda ofthief's thievesor andplunderer's plunderers,best andfriend; Draco's father,[[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Lucius Malfoy|Lucius Malfoy]] saysreplies that he hopes Draco will be better than a thief or a plunderer...though unless his grades come upimproves, that may be the best he can hope for.
Draco evidently does, at some point, purchase a Hand of Glory, because [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ginny Weasley|Ginny]] sees him carrying it whenas he leadsguides the invasionHogwarts of Hogwartsinvaders from the Room of Requirement,; andthe ithand apparently allows him to see where he is leading the Death Eaters despite the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder|Darkness Powder]] that he spreadstosses after spotting the D.A. aroundmembers.