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An eagle-eyed Aussie collector was left feeling “giddy but puzzled and deeply in shock” after suspecting she'd discovered a rare ceramic on the shelf of for just $8. When Laura Feeger wandered into a suburban Salvos store on Tuesday, the avid ceramics collector told Yahoo News she had “no expectations” of finding anything rare or particularly valuable. But sitting between some cheap crystal and striped mugs on the outer Melbourne store's shelves she spotted what looked to be an extremely rare item by the celebrated Italian mid-century design house Bitossi.

“I had pivoted around to then see the cat staring back at me and it felt like I floated over to it,” Laura said. “I picked it up and was in shock. I collect Bitossi and had recognised the patterns used, but had never seen this shaped cat before.



"I texted my best friend with photos and said: 'What have I just found!?!?'” After Laura shared her find to an op-shop forum on , hundreds of jealous bargain hunters shared in her delight, commenting underneath her post. "You lucky cow!" one person wrote. "Never seen this style cat before, bloody beautiful find Laura!" another gushed.

"Wowzers. What a find," someone else agreed. But others were sceptical as to whether it was a genuine Bitossi piece.

"Doesn't look like Bitossi to me," one sceptic wrote. Charity stores like the Salvos have over claims their prices are getting too high for the community they're supposed to serve, but in the case of the Bitossi cat, it a.

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