article_snippet: A collection of treasures from one of Britain's grandest country houses is to be sold for more than £10million to help pay for the upkeep of the property – which is famed for its starring role in hit TV show Brideshead Revisited.
article_snippet: Treasured items from Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which featured in TV drama Brideshead Revisited and is currently occupied by Simon Howard and Simon Howard wife Rebecca (pictured), are to be auctioned off for more than £10million to help secure the future of the grand country estate .
article_snippet: Treasured items from Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which featured in TV drama Brideshead Revisited and is currently occupied by Simon Howard and his wife Rebecca ( are to be auctioned for more than £10million, including a £3.5million artwork of Venice's Grand Canal by Bernardo Bellotto (above).
article_snippet: The treasures have been collected over the last 300 years but will now be auctioned in the summer to help the current owners of Castle Howard – brothers Nicholas and Simon Howard – secure the 18th Century country house's financial future.
article_snippet: The collection has been hailed as 'one of the finest' in private hands anywhere in the world, but the Howards have insisted selling Treasured items from Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, which featured in TV drama Brideshead Revisited and is currently occupied by Simon Howard and his wife Rebecca ( will not damage the integrity of the overall collection at the estate.
article_snippet: (pictured) - will also be auctioned by the Howard family for up to £3million .
article_snippet: The treasures to be auctioned have been part of Castle Howard for the last 300 years and have an estimated total guide price of £10million .
article_snippet: the collection ' will be auctioned, with a combined estimate in excess of £10million, at the Sotheby's London Old Masters and Treasures sale on July 8.
highlights_snippet: Treasured items collected over last 300 years to be sold by Castle Howard with total estimated value of £10million .
  