What I cannot do is predict that they are wrong, and wait for events to prove me right. There is no judgment day. No profit stream. No right. No wrong.
I’m aware of one counterexample to this: Salvator Mundi was thought to be a copy of the original piece by da Vinci, was restored and authenticated as the original, and then increased in value enormously (because there are less than 20 da Vincis). But the contemporary art market is very much not about that sort of archaeological discovery or restoration, but is instead about who the artist is and who they know.
I’m aware of one counterexample to this: Salvator Mundi was thought to be a copy of the original piece by da Vinci, was restored and authenticated as the original, and then increased in value enormously (because there are less than 20 da Vincis). But the contemporary art market is very much not about that sort of archaeological discovery or restoration, but is instead about who the artist is and who they know.