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Before he was a beloved folk artist with work in museums across America — Don Nedobeck was a jazz musician on the road. In 1968, a gig fell through in Palm Beach. He had a wife, three kids, and a handful of Masonite boards. He painted. Walked into a gallery. Sold everything. By 1976 — the year this pendant was made — Nedobeck was winning awards at the country’s most prestigious art festivals, illustrating children’s books, and creating a small, rare run of pewter objects that collectors today describe as hard to find. This is one of them. A double-sided etched pewter pendant, copyright signed ©Nedobeck 1976. The front shows a hot air balloon rising through stylized clouds above swirling water, flowers blooming at the edges, a little creature watching from below — and along the bottom, in tiny letters: “You can fly.” The back features Nedobeck’s signature animal character with a speech bubble: “Nadobeck says the only care we creatures need is a little Love.” His copyright mark and stu