SNEAK PEEK: ‘The Cultivated Collector’ To Open Saturday on Vitti Street

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This part of the club area is for "hanging out, relaxing and being with other car enthusiasts," said Anne Ivanhoe, vice president of The Cultivated Collector at 19 Vitti St. in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan

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"Car enthusiasts love to hang out with other car enthusiasts, and there aren't that many places for them to do that," said Anne Ivanhoe, VP at The Cultivated Collector, 19 Vitti St. in New Canaan. Here's another area of the new business's clubhouse. Credit: Michael Dinan

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The nearly 2,000-square-foot showroom at The Cultivated Collector will hold 12 cars. Owners who want to see their cars here may do so, or the car can be fetched from an off-site storage area in Norwalk. "This is a very, very customer service-oriented business, so anything they want, we do," Anne Ivanhoe said. Credit: Michael Dinan

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The bar area at the clubhouse of The Cultivated Collector at 19 Vitti St. in New Canaan. "It's like they are guests in our home and we want them to feel completely at home," said Anne Ivanhoe, vice president of The Cultivated Collector, 19 Vitti St. in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan

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Anne Ivanhoe of The Cultivated Collector in the nearly-ready clubhouse at 19 Vitti St. It opens during an invite-only event on Saturday, May 6. Credit: Michael Dinan

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The exterior of The Cultivated Collector at 19 Vitti St. in New Canaan. Credit: Michael Dinan

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The office of Cultivated Collector President Matthew Ivanhoe. Credit: Michael Dinan

The Cultivated Collector—a classic and exotic car showroom and clubhouse—will launch at its newly renovated 19 Vitti St. location on Saturday, during an invite-only grand opening. Led by company President Matthew Ivanhoe and Vice President Anne Ivanhoe, industry veterans known to auto enthusiasts in the area, The Cultivated Collector’s business will focus primarily on collector car sales—specifically, investment-grade European sports and exotic cars, from 1950’s to ’70s Italian, German, and Aston Martin cars, to modern collectible drivers’ cars, such as V12 powered, manual transmission Ferraris and Aston Martins, as well as GT2/GT3 Porsches.

Cars that will be shown at next weekend’s opening include a 1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT, 1967 Lamborghini Miura Barn Find and 1984 Ferrari 288 GTO.

Anne Ivanhoe gave us a “sneak peek” tour of the newly renovated, comfortable space upstairs—see photo gallery above. Read more background on The Cultivated Collector here.