MARY BENNER DOLLS

Cherished Collectable's, Inc., Dolls By Mary Benner, was established in 1992. We are a very small family business with myself, Mary Benner, being the artist and designer of all the lovely dolls you see in our gallery and many more which are not shown. She started making porcelain dolls as a hobby in 1989, over the past 20 years she has made hundreds of dolls. When she looks back at pictures of her early dolls, they look quite primitive compared to the award winning masterpieces she creates now. Her husband of 36 years, Allen, pours the molds for most of her dolls and he is also the fantastic photographer of her dolls! Allen also helps pack and ship the dolls all over the world. Her daughter, Marlee, helps her with her books... Mary Benner specializes mostly one of a kind antique replicas and occasionally - time allowing - her all original (sculpted by her) artist dolls. She started sculpting dolls in 1996 and at that time her husband Allen and herself made all of their rough molds by..