Thirty bronzes were recently stolen from the Vermont home of sculptor Joel Fisher. The pilfered work represents the bulk of Fisher's career and is estimated to be worth $1 million. Fisher had not insured the work because he could not afford to pay the premiums. George Pearlman, executive director of the Vermont Studio Center, where Fisher is a visiting artist, said that the rising value of copper — the primary constituent of bronze — likely prompted the heist. Pearlman and Fisher's friends have posted notices at local scrap yards in an attempt to keep the sculptures from the smelter.