Study 81: THE NAMED GHOST: On the Reuters Unmasking of Banksy, the Ontological Value of Anonymity, and What It Means When the Market's Most Profitable Secret Becomes a Name

The Reuters investigation of March 13, 2026, has done the unthinkable: it has replaced the industry’s most profitable enigma with a paper trail. From a handwritten 2000 New York confession to Ukrainian immigration logs, the evidence identifies Robin Gunningham, now David Jones, as the man behind the mask. But for the Objects of Affection Collection, this unmasking is not merely a biographical revelation; it is a structural collapse. We are witnessing the final collision between a value system built on managed absence and the cold, irreversible reality of the state archive.