Coronation Street cat's ashes smash auction target

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clipped from www.bbc.co.uk The lot included postcards of Frisky with Coronation Street stars The ashes of the Coronation Street cat, Frisky, who died ten years ago, have been sold at auction for almost six times the expected price. Furious bidding by soap fans meant the wooden casket carrying the cat's remains fetched £844 at an auction in Gloucestershire. The tabby cat starred in the starting sequence of more than 1,000 episodes of the Manchester soap. The ashes had been predicted to fetch no more than £150. The lot, which was sold to a private bidder, also included a cremation certificate and postcards of Frisky with other Weatherfield stars. His owner, John Rimington, from Leeds, said before the auction he hoped the ashes would go to an "avid Corrie fan".