Brice Marden

A $3 million Brice Marden painting on route to Sotheby’s for auction was destroyed during airport transit, according court papers filed Friday and reported in the New York Post.

Marden’s 1969 “Au Centre” was shipped by Gagosian Gallery’s London branch from Moscow to New York. A forklift operator smashed the painting at the Frankfurt airport. Lufthansa Airlines carried the cargo, according to the Post.